HI, I AM JAMES
Well where do I begin?...
I was born in good ole Nebraska. I have always loved film. Watching films and being amazed by the cinematography in different films, used by different directors is always enticing. In high school I fell in love with editing video. I left home for sunny Central Florida, where I attended Full Sail University. In early 2010 I received my Bachelor's in Film Science and decided to return home to put my newly learned skills and knowledge to work.
I worked for a production house in Western Nebraska for a year before I decided I needed to unleash my creativity and start my own company. After a few trial runs, Kriha Films was born in January of 2015. Since then, I have watched my business grow to the point where I was fortunately able to quit my day job and do this full-time.
I met my wife at a wedding I was filming believe it or not. We married in Iceland in 2019 beside our parents, siblings and children. After a long IVF journey, we were blessed with a daughter on September 7th of 2021, Alyvia James Lyn Kriha. I have a stepson Payton who just turned 15 and we have our second IVF baby on the way at the end of April 2024. My family is my everything and I truly understand time and how precious it is and how moments matter.
"If a picture is worth a thousand words...than a film is worth at least a thousand more..."
Photo by: David Le
Photo by: Brooklyn Machacek