James Kerwin (born October 13, 1973 in St. Louis, Missouri) is an American film and theatre director. He has received acclaim for his Shakespearean adaptations of A Midsummer Night's Dream, Cardenio and Venus and Adonis starring Megan Henning and Travis Schuldt. In 2003 he collaborated with Amber Benson to stage the play Albert Hall in Los Angeles, California.
His next project is being advertised as a "sci-fi noir" film starring Kipleigh Brown, Chase Masterson, and John Newton titled Yesterday Was a Lie.