James Alan Ferman was an American television and theatre director. He was the Secretary of the British Board of Film Classification from 1975 to 1999.

KNOWN FOR

Play for Today
1970
The Wednesday Play
1965
Theatre 625
1966
Orson Welles' Great Mysteries
1973
Thirty-Minute Theatre
1966
Film '72
1992
ITV Saturday Night Theatre
1973
ITV Play of the Week
1964
Centre Play
1974
Drama 61-67
1964
Fall of Eagles
1974
Emergency: Ward 10
1960

FILMOGRAPHY

All
Movies
TV
Acting
8
Directing
38
Writing
2
2014
Video Nasties: Draconian Days
as Self (archive footage)
2010
Video Nasties: Moral Panic, Censorship & Videotape
as Self
2005
Banned in the UK
as Self
2001
Emmanuelle: A Hard Look
as Himself
1999
The Last Days of the Board
as Self
1998
What's a Carry On?
as Self - Interviewee
1995
Empire of the Censors
as Self
1992
Film '72
as Self