James Fotopoulos
Born: 1976-01-01 in Norridge - Illinois - USA
Known For: Directing
Biography
Born in Norridge, IL in 1976, James Fotopoulos is a filmmaker who began production on his first feature-length film, ZERO (1997), in 1995. In 1998, he founded Fantasma for the production of his second feature, Migrating Forms (1999), and would continue to create a number of critically acclaimed narrative feature films, such as Back Against the Wall (2000), Families (2002), The Nest (2003) and Dignity (2012). Along with his narrative productions, Fotopoulos has created a prolific body of over 200 non-narrative films, which include Christabel (2001), Esophagus (2004), The Mirror Mask (2005), The Sky Song (2007) and Alice in Wonderland (2010). These works range from feature length to a few seconds long and combine an exhaustive portfolio of visual art and performance techniques. Fotopoulos' work received a retrospective at the Anthology Film Archives; premiered at the Museum of Modern Art, MoMA PS1, Festival del Film Locarno and the Museum of Art and Design; and was screened and exhibited widely at a number of film festivals, museums, and sites, such as Rotterdam International Film Festival, Sundance Film Festival, London Film Festival, Whitney Biennial, Walker Art Center, and the Andy Warhol Museum, among many others.
Filmography
2026
- The Golden Sarcophaga ... (Director)
2025
- Final Obscura ... (Director)
2019
- Barney's Wall as Self
2018
- Two Girls ... (Director)
2012
- Dignity ... (Director)
2011
- Chimera ... (Writer)
- Thick Comb ... (Director)
2010
- Alice in Wonderland ... (Director)
2008
- Untitled (Thanks. Get in...) ... (Director)
2005
- 30.40 ... (Director)
2004
- Esophagus ... (Director)
- Monroe Blues ... (Director)
- The Pearl ... (Director)
- Places ... (Director)
- Harry’s Passion ... (Director)
2003
- Sea Storm ... (Director)
- The Hemispheres ... (Director)
- Sublimation ... (Director)
- The Watchtower ... (Director)
- Faces ... (Director)
- Crescent Moon ... (Director)
- Leviathan ... (Director)
- Jerusalem ... (Cinematography)
- The Catacombs ... (Director)
- The Fountain ... (Director)
- The Nest ... (Director)
- Hidden Objects 8 ... (Director)
- Hidden Objects 10 ... (Director)
- Hidden Objects 11 ... (Director)
- Hidden Objects 9 ... (Director)
- Hidden Objects 5 ... (Director)
- The Glass House ... (Director)
- Hidden Objects 2 ... (Director)
- Knowing and Being 1 ... (Director)
- Hidden Objects 7 ... (Director)
- Hidden Objects 6 ... (Director)
- The Exiled Bird ... (Director)
- Hidden Objects 4 ... (Director)
- Hidden Objects 12 ... (Director)
- Hidden Objects 1 ... (Director)
- Hidden Objects 3 ... (Director)
- The Cypress Tree ... (Director)
2002
2001
- Consumed 4 ... (Director)
- Consumed 2 ... (Director)
- Consumed 3 ... (Director)
- Consumed 1 ... (Director)
- Consumed 5 ... (Director)
- Christabel ... (Director)
- Insect ... (Director)
- The Circle 1 ... (Director)
- The Circle 2 ... (Director)
2000
- Migrating Forms ... (Director)
- The Vanished ... (Director)
- Back Against the Wall ... (Director)
- Breathe ... (Director)
- Drowning ... (Director)
- The Sun ... (Director)
- Escape ... (Director)
1997
- Zero ... (Director)