In Fall 2025, James completed filming on his senior thesis film, All I See is Gray. The story is an intense social realist drama, examining the fallout from a veteran’s psychogenic blindness diagnosis, and his wife’s struggle to hold their fractured family and two distant sons together. The film won several awards at the 2026 Redstone Film Festival, including:

* Best Picture (2nd place) *

* Best Cinematography *

* Audience Choice *