James Moran is a British screenwriter for television and film, whose first produced work came as a result of a UK Sci-Fi Channel short film competition, when he had his winning script Cheap Rate Gravity made into a short film. His first feature-length screenplay was Severance, a horror movie starring Laura Harris, Danny Dyer, Toby Stephens, Claudie Blakley, Andy Nyman and Babou Ceesay.

His first TV work was for Torchwood (season 2 episode 2 "Sleeper"), and Doctor Who (season 4 episode 2 "The Fires of Pompeii"). He has since written for many other shows, including Primeval (season 3 episode 2), NBC's Crusoe (season 1 episode 4 "High Water"), Spooks (season 7 episode 7), and its spinoff show Spooks: Code 9 (season 1 episode 4). He also co-wrote the Torchwood season 3 Children of Earth episode "Day Three" with Russell T. Davies. He recently wrote Girl Number 9, a 6-part web thriller starring Gareth David-Lloyd, Joe Absolom and Tracy-Ann Oberman, and directed the final 3 episodes. The series was nominated for 5 Streamy Awards.