James Edward Threapleton (born 8 November 1973) is an English film director. Threapleton has worked as an assistant director on a number of feature films.

Career

His first work as a director (and writer) was the film Extraordinary Rendition, starring Omar Berdouni and Andy Serkis, which premiered at the 2007 Locarno Film Festival.

Personal life

He is the son of RAF Officer Edward ‘Ted’ Threapleton and Louise Threapleton. The older of two boys, he has a younger brother Robin. He and Kate Winslet, whom he met on the set of Hideous Kinky, married on 22 November 1998 in Reading, Berkshire, Winslet's hometown. They have a daughter, Mia Honey Threapleton (b. 12 October 2000 in London). The couple separated in September 2001 and divorced on 13 December 2001. In 2008 Threapleton married his second wife, Julie Vuorinen, a school administrator and teacher to special needs students. They have two daughters, Olivia, born in 2009, and Georgia, born in 2013. He also has a son Skyler Threapleton who was born in October 2009