James Lyons (October 8, 1960 – April 12, 2007) was an American film editor, screenwriter and actor who frequently collaborated with Todd Haynes. He is probably best known for editing The Virgin Suicides and editing and co-writing Velvet Goldmine. As an actor, Lyons played the role of Jack Bolton in Poison (1991 film), directed by Todd Haynes, the adult David Wojnarowicz in Steve McClean's Postcards from America in 1995, and also in other films such as the 1996 film I Shot Andy Warhol as Billy Name.
Lyons was involved in a long-term relationship with filmmaker Todd Haynes.
He died in Manhattan of squamous cell carcinoma, at the age of 46, after more than a decade of treatment for HIV.