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James Daniel Marrs Ritchey | |
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| Born | James Daniel Marrs Ritchey 21 April 1989.[1] |
| Nationality | Canadian |
| Known for | Glorious North |
| Website | jamesdanielmarrsritchey |
James Daniel Marrs Ritchey (born 21 April 1989)[2] is a Canadian,[3] actor,[4] musician,[5] director,[1] cinematographer,[6] television host,[7] script writer,[8] stand-up comedian,[9] and influencer[10] who is best known for hosting the television series Glorious North.[11]
Personal life
[edit]Despite applying twice to the Canadian Armed Forces,[12] he has never served.[13]
Education
[edit]He graduated from Prince George Secondary School in 2007,[14] and since then has studied New Media[15] at the University of Lethbridge,[16] and English[17] at Athabasca University.[18] He is also an alumnus of the Justice Institute of British Columbia,[19] and Careerstep.[20]
Family
[edit]Ritchey has one younger sibling.[21] His sister was a co-founder of Vancouver Island Voices for Eating Disorders. [22] James's great grandparents Lionel Marrs and Hilda Marrs (née Armour) immigrated to Canada from Great Britain in 1912.[23] In the end, they settled on Vancouver Island, British Columbia,[24] approximately 600 kilometers from Ritchey's home town of Prince George.[25]
Social Media Presence
[edit]On social media Ritchey is most well known for his application to season 5 of Big Brother Canada. While his application was declined,[26] his vlog about applying received a great deal of attention,[27] including over 220,000 views,[28] making it his most watched YouTube video at the time.
He has deleted many of the videos from his YouTube channel.[29] In late 2016 he deleted most of the videos from his YouTube channel,[30] notably including "57. Current Chart - Y2016M7D24",[31] the source of the Heartbroken Cowboy meme.[32] The Heartbroken Cowboy meme entry on Know Your Meme received over 125,000 views[33] within the first 9 months,[34] and its template is available on most meme generators.[35]
Ritchey's DeviantArt profile[36] has received over 180,000 views,[37] and his artwork "March Whiteout" notably received over 20,000 views in its first month on DeviantArt.[38]
As of September 2024, Ritchey had 90,733 karma points on Reddit, 38,234 as post karma, 35,601 as comment karma, and the remainder in award karma.[39]
Open Source Contributions
[edit]Ritchey's involvement in the open source community has included creating free software licenses[11], developing open source projects, and running websites related to open source topics.
Websites
[edit]On 10 December 2018, Christin Löhner announced the Linux Counter project would end, citing lack of time and user interest.[40] In 2019 Ritchey launched Lius as a replacement.[41] By 2020 the site had 324,048 users.[11] In mid 2020 Ritchey announced Lius would be shutting down so that he could focus his time on other pursuits.[42]
Licenses
[edit]He has authored several free licenses most of which are permissive, or copyleft in nature. The most well established is the Ritchey Permissive License, which is a permissive license designed for open source projects. Version 11 of this license was rejected by the OSI[43] for inclusion in their list of open source licenses.
| Name | Initial Release | Latest Release | Type | Open Source Initiative | Open Knowledge
Foundation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ritchey Permissive License (formerly Comprehensible Open License[44]) | 2015 | 2023 (version 16)[45] | Permissive | Rejected[43] | Submitted for review[46] |
| Ritchey Extra Permissive License | Permissive | ||||
| Ritchey Fairly Permissive License | Permissive | ||||
| Ritchey Minimally Permissive License | Permissive | ||||
| Ritchey 2 Sentence Permissive License | Permissive | ||||
| Ritchey PublicDomainDedicationLike License | 2022 (version 3)[47] | Permissive | |||
| Ritchey ShareALike License | Copyleft | ||||
| Ritchey 2020 Permissive License | Permissive | ||||
| Ritchey 2020-2022 Permissive License | Permissive | ||||
| Ritchey 2020-2025 Permissive License | Permissive | ||||
| Ritchey 2020-2030 Permissive License | Permissive | ||||
| Ritchey Anonymous Permissive License | Permissive | ||||
| No License | 2021 | Copyright Notice | |||
| Ritchey Reciprocal PublicDomainDedicationLike License | 2022 | 2022 (version 1) | Open | ||
| Ritchey Sensitive Data License | 2024 (Version 2)[48] |
Open Source Projects
[edit]He has created many open source works, typically using one of his free licenses to release them.
| Name | Initial Release | Latest Release | License |
|---|---|---|---|
Film Career
[edit]While attending the University of Lethbridge, he took acting classes as part of his major in New Media.[49] His first television role was as an extra in TheKiddiePreneurs[50]; he played a parent.[51] In 2017, he continued his entrance into television, as the host of the series Glorious North[7]. His first movie role was playing John Cantel,[52] in the independent film Lost In Capanira.[53] As of January 9th 2018, he was ranked 154,045 on the IMDB StarMeter[54][i].
Filmography
[edit]Film
[edit]Ritchey has done two movies,[55] both of the survival genre, and one comedy short film.
| Year | Title | Roles | Positions |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2018[56] | Mildly Amusing[57] | Himself[58] | Script Writer,[59] Cinematographer[60] |
| 2017[61] | Somewhere In The Wild[62] | Josh May[61] | |
| 2017[63] | Lost In Capanira[64] | John Cantel[63] |
Television
[edit]His television career has primarily consisted of hosting seasons one[65] and two[66] of the series Glorious North.
| Year | Title | Roles | Positions |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2017–present | Glorious North[65] | Host - Himself[67] | Director |
| 2016 | TheKiddiePreneurs[68] | Parent[68] |
Music Career
[edit]In 2020[69] Ritchey released his first single So?.[70]
Discography
[edit]| Year | Title |
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| 2020[71] | So?[72] |
Notes
[edit]- ^ 154,045 is the highest Ritchey has been ranked on the IMDB StarMeter.
References
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- ^ "Easy Meme - Heartbroken Cowboy". Easy Meme. Archived from the original on 2019-01-05.
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- ^ "LOL Meme - Heartbroken Cowboy". LOL Meme. Archived from the original on 2019-01-05.
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- ^ a b c "Lius is shutting down". Opensource News. 2020-06-15. Archived from the original on 2020-06-15. Retrieved 2020-06-15.
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- ^ "Our Community". Vancouver Island Voices for Eating Disorders. Retrieved 2024-05-05.
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- ^ "So? - Single by James Daniel Marrs Ritchey". Apple Music. Retrieved 2020-10-30.
External links
[edit]- Website (Official)
- Blogger
- YouTube
- X (formerly Twitter)
- Academia
- Pastebin
- DeviantArt
- GitLab
- GitHub
- Coursera
- GirlsAskGuys
- James D. M. Ritchey at IMDb
- Rate Your Music
- MovieChat
- Know Your Meme
Category:Living people
Category:Canadian male film actors
Category:Canadian male television actors
Category:University of Lethbridge alumni
Category:Athabasca University alumni
Category:Prince George Secondary School alumni
Category:21st-century Canadian male actors
Category:1989 births