James Gossard

About the Artist

James Gossard is an award winning Maryland film producer & director, poet, and playwright. He is also a screenwriter and fiction writer. His current project, DIVINE INSTINCT, a feature-length documentary about sculptor Gary Spinosa, was a 2023 Finalist in the Washington DC Independent Film Festival where it screened its World Premiere on March 1, 2023. Gossard worked as a freelance journalist in Montana, following the Border Grizzly Project and writing for wildlife journals. StoryPros named his screenplay, WHITE DUST, in its Top Ten Action-Thrillers. Gossard's screenplays have been optioned and earned laurels in “Spotlight on Screenwriters.” His stage plays have been produced and received awards, including the MSAC Individual Artist Award for “September Moon.” His poetry also received the top MSAC Individual Artist Award. He studied creative writing at the University of Montana and received his M.A. in Writing from Johns Hopkins University. Gossard is a member of the DC Women in Film & Video and the Maryland Writers' Association. He teaches screenwriting at Howard Community College.