James Winter is a professional actor, director, playwright, and producer. He is the Artistic Director of The Columbia Theatre for the Performing Arts and an associate professor of acting and directing at Southeastern Louisiana University. He has performed around the globe, and four of his plays have been published and produced in New York, Cleveland, Texas, Louisiana, and Edinburgh, Scotland. James is also a founding member of two award-winning New Orleans production companies and produced the award-winning documentary The Play That Never Opened.