James Hartley is the byline of the Who Shares My Birthday Film & Arts desk. The desk writes our profiles of actors, directors, television presenters, stage performers, musicians, painters, photographers and writers: the people behind the films, songs, books and images that fill our lives.

Every profile on this desk explains what made a career distinctive, which works matter most and how they were received, and gives a fair account of the controversies along the way. Titles, dates, awards and quotations are checked against published reference sources before a profile goes live, and each one follows the same written editorial standard used across the site. It favours clear, spoiler-light writing that helps readers decide what to watch, hear or read next.