James Kautz

JAMES KAUTZ is the Founding Artistic Director of the award-winning Amoralists Theatre Company in NYC. Under Kautz's leadership, the company has produced 17 World and New York Premieres by some of America's most visceral and celebrated playwrights including Adam Rapp, Ken Urban, Emily Schwend and Lyle Kessler. Through the Amoralists he has championed the development of over 100 new plays from emerging writers. As an actor, James has been called "a fiercely talented performer" by Time Out New York and "fearless" by The New York Times. His acting credits include, on TV: CBS's Bull and HBO's Vinyl; on stage: Emily Schwend's The Other Thing (Second Stage, Dir. Lucie Tiberghien) and Utility (Rattlestick, Dir. Jay Stull), Adam Rapp's The Hallway Trilogy (Rattlestick, Dir. Adam Rapp/Trip Cullman) and Ghosts In the Cottonwoods (Theatre 80 Saint Marks, Dir. Adam Rapp), Derek Ahonen's The Bad and the Better (Playwrights Horizons, Dir. Daniel Aukin), The Pied Pipers of The Lower East Side (PS 122, Dir. Derek Ahonen) and Ken Urban's Nibbler (Rattlestick, Dir. Benjamin Kamine). He has appeared in film, TV, web series, commercials and voice overs. His directing work includes the World Premiere of Lisa Lewis' Schooled which he developed and directed to great acclaim at the Soho Playhouse. David Cote of Time Out New York gave it "4 Stars," saying "Kautz is a fine actors' director." His direction of The Amoralists' The Qualification of Douglas Evans was called "excellent and deeply compelling" by The Village Voice. He is a director with the Civilians' Research and Development Group. He has taught and directed at NYU's Tisch and The Atlantic Acting School. He is a Second Degree Black Belt in Tae Kwon Do and Hapkido and a practitioner of Jeet Kune do and Muay Thai. He has instructed children, teens and adults for years. - IMDb Mini Biography By: The Amoralists