James Tinling was an American film director and assistant director active from the late 1920s through the 1950s. He directed a variety of films across multiple genres, including Charlie Chan in Shanghai (1935) and Mr. Moto's Gamble (1938). Tinling's work contributed to the popularity of mystery and adventure films during Hollywood's Golden Age.

Arizona to Broadway

Charlie Chan in Shanghai

Mr. Moto's Gamble

Last of the Duanes

Passport Husband

Strange Journey

Racket Squad

Angel's Holiday

Roses Are Red

Second Chance

Change of Heart

Under the Pampas Moon

Champagne Charlie

Dangerous Millions

Tales of Robin Hood

Cosmo Jones, Crime Smasher

The Great Hospital Mystery

Jimmy and Sally

Lone Star Ranger

Pepper

Your Uncle Dudley

The Holy Terror

45 Fathers

Soft Living

Deadline for Murder

True Heaven

Words and Music

Rendezvous 24

Welcome Home

Educating Father

Every Saturday Night

Boy Friend

Sing and Be Happy

Sharpshooters

Riders of the Purple Sage

Sundown Jim

Trouble Preferred

The Last Trail

Three on a Honeymoon

Love Time

Very Confidential

Night Wind

Back to Nature

For the Love o' Lil

The Exalted Flapper

The Flood