James A. Carter (born 1902) was a British art director and occasional film producer.

Carter was born in London in 1902.^[1] He studied at the Royal Academy of Art and the Royal Academy of Music, before beginning his career in the film industry at Worton Hall Studies in 1923.^[2] He was employed during the 1930s at Julius Hagen's Twickenham Studios where he worked on films such as The Triumph of Sherlock Holmes (1935).^[3] He was eventually appointed to the board of the Twickenham company.^[4] During World War II, he made training films for all three branches of the armed forces.

• The Mystery of the Villa Rose (1930)
• Chin Chin Chinaman (1931)
• A Night in Montmartre (1931)
• Frail Women (1932)
• Lily of Killarney (1934)
• Whispering Tongues (1934)
• The Man Who Changed His Name (1934)
• Music Hall (1934)
• The Admiral's Secret (1934)
• Bella Donna (1934)
• Flood Tide (1934)
• The Broken Melody (1934)
• The Black Abbot (1934)
• The Morals of Marcus (1935)
• The Rocks of Valpre (1935)
• D'Ye Ken John Peel? (1935)
• Squibs (1935)
• Inside the Room (1935)
• She Shall Have Music (1935)
• The Triumph of Sherlock Holmes (1935)
• The Last Journey (1936)
• The Vicar of Bray (1937)
• Sons of the Sea (1939)
• Under Your Hat (1940)
• Law and Disorder (1940)
• You Will Remember (1941)
• Hatter's Castle (1942)
• Headline (1944)
• A Girl in a Million (1946)
• Daybreak (1948)

• They Made Me a Fugitive (1947)
• Dancing with Crime (1947)
• Just William's Luck (1947)
• Daughter of Darkness (1948)
• Things Happen at Night (1948)

• Low, Rachael. Filmmaking in 1930s Britain. George Allen & Unwin, 1985.

• James A. Carter at IMDb