- Son of Lee Vines and Lillian Wells.
- In 1981, as master of ceremonies for the Student Filmmaker Awards of Beverly Hills High School, he presented then-unknown actor Nicolas Cage with his very first Best Actor award.
- Attended Beverly Hills High School (1977-1981).
- Became a grandfather at the age of 43 (in 2006).
- His favorite actors are Steve McQueen and John Wayne.
- His favorite music is by Burt Bacharach and Electric Light Orchestra.
- His all-time favorite movies are The Towering Inferno (1974), Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid (1969), The Great Escape (1963), The Sound of Music (1965), Midnight Cowboy (1969), and The Great Race (1965).
- Named after Ian Fleming superspy James Bond.
- In the early 1990s, Jim and James Michael Tyler (Gunther on Friends (1994)) co-hosted a public access cable comedy show titled "The Tyler & Vines Show," which featured wild in-studio antics interspersed with taped location footage.
- Won Best Writer award at the 2014 Shockfest Film Festival.
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