Incorporating his skills developed in the cinematic field, both in acting and in screenwriting etc, James has created a global panoply of beautifully defined stances and characters to bring attention to the manner in which we all are coping with the pandemic. James is active as an actor in films and television, as a screenwriter, producer, and as the podcast host on the YouTube channel Underground Knowledge. He is well known to audiences as co-author with his father Lance Morcan of over twenty excellent books, and now he flies solo in this psychodrama addressing the Coronavirus pandemic. New Zealand-born Australian author James Morcan has published his first solo novel with ANNO 2020. ‘Can there be a silver lining in all this madness?’

He co-founded one of the most popular discussion groups on Goodreads, also called Underground Knowledge, which has around 16,000 members. James is a podcast host on the YouTube channel Underground Knowledge. To date, his feature films have screened at cinemas in New Zealand, India, Australia, Italy and Cannes.

Morcan also wrote the screenplays for both features which were filmed in Sydney and Mumbai and incorporated English and Hindi languages.Īdditional productions he has perfromed in include a BBC TV series, several indie features and a live stadium production of Ben Hur headlined by Academy Award winner Russell Crowe. Other leading roles include the OZ-Bollywood productions My Cornerstone and Love You Krishna. The dystopian adventure film was shot in rural Australia and Morcan co-starred with Berynn Schwerdt (Wyrmwood). James' most recent acting performance was a leading role in the post-Apocalyptic feature film After Armageddon which he also wrote. Their production company, Morcan Motion Pictures, is developing Silent Fear into a feature film and Underground Knowledge into a TV series. These titles were all co-authored with his father Lance Morcan and published by Sterling Gate Books. An additional non-fiction title, Debunking Holocaust Denial Theories, was written in collaboration with Holocaust survivors to document the genocide. He also has several series on the market including The Orphan Trilogy, an international thriller series, the swashbuckling action-romance series The World Duology, and the controversial non-fiction franchise The Underground Knowledge Series. Morcan's published titles include the new release horror Silent Fear (A novel inspired by true crimes) and the bestselling historical adventures White Spirit and Into the Americas. His books have been translated into eight languages (Arabic, Italian, Spanish, Portuguese, Norwegian, French, Afrikaans, German). He has written two bestselling novels, performed in various international film productions and is a podcast host. New Zealand-born actor/writer/producer James Morcan resides in Sydney, Australia.

Anno 2020 by James Morcan