James Michael McCoy is an adventurer, filmmaker, naturalist, and writer. A 5th generation Texan who grew up exploring the rolling hills of North Texas on land the Comanches used to roam. He was raised on a farm, where he learned to garden, and take care of livestock. Reading Larry McMurtry books, and watching movies like The Last Picture Show inspired McCoy to dream beyond the pastures and oil patches of North Texas. He graduated from Texas State University with a business degree and went to work in the corporate world as a professional salesman for several years. McCoy taught himself to write screenplays, and eventually networked his way onto various independent film projects in the Dallas/Fort Worth area.

In 2015 he met Peter Gorman, a journalist and writer who had been traveling to Peru, and working with indigenous tribes for 35 years. Less than a year later, McCoy was in Amazonia filming a documentary titled More Joy, Less Pain: The Life of Peter Gorman.

McCoy is releasing his first book in 2025 "My Mom and the Frog: On the Trail of Peter Gorman".

The book is about McCoy’s experiences with the giant monkey tree frog medicine known as sapo.

James Michael McCoy, adventurer filmmaker, naturalist writer, Texas history, Comanche lands, farm life stories, Larry McMurtry inspiration, explorer interview, creative nonfiction, indie filmmaker