James Becket (born October 5, 1936) is an American writer and filmmaker who currently uses documentary film to address issues of social justice and the environment.

[1][2] Previously he wrote, directed, and produced independent feature films and, as a journalist and human-rights lawyer, he reported on and engaged with important political events and social problems in Europe[3] and Latin America.

[5] Instituto de Economia, University of Chile (Fulbright Scholar), Graduate Institute of International Studies, Geneva, Switzerland.

Three Scandinavian countries brought the Greek Case before the European Commission of Human Rights[13] Becket wrote Barbarism in Greece documenting torture and continued writing articles,[14] appearing on television such as the National Broadcasting Company (NBC) and British Broadcasting Company (BBC) in the conflict with the regime over public opinion.

[16] The violation of Article 3 of the European Convention on Human Rights prohibiting torture proved to be a key issue in the commission's decision to condemn the dictatorship leading to its exit from the Council of Europe.

[27] He produced a series of eight films on ship-borne symposia that brought together religious leaders and scientists, long estranged, to find common ground on the issue of the environment.

(14 May 1962) "Report from a Troubled Colony” The New Republic (16 May 1964) "Autogestion: Algeria's Socialist Experiment" The Economic Weekly, (23 May 1964) “Algeria's War Orphans” Christian Science Monitor (19 July 1966) “Suez, dix ans apres, Les consequences de la nationalisation" Journal de Genève (29 December 1967) “Chile's Mini-Revolution” Commonweal (27 May 1968) “Torture in Democracy's Homeland” Christianity and Crisis (March 1968) “The Real Latin America (photographic essay)” Renewal ( March, 1968) “How I Became National Champion: Letter from Bolivia” Skiing (6 January 1969) “Greek Junta on Trial” The Nation April 1970 pp 44–49) “Inquisition Greek style” Ramparts Magazine (4 August 1972) "Torture as an Institution" New York Times (March 1978) "The Subjective Camera as Leading Character" American Cinematographer