James Fotopoulos

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 A…

Directed

1. Back Against the Wall (2000) — Director
2. Migrating Forms (2000) — Director
3. Christabel (2001) — Director
4. Alice in Wonderland (2010) — Director
5. Zero (1997) — Director
6. The Nest (2003) — Director
7. Jerusalem (2003) — Director
8. Two Girls (2018) — Director
9. A Room (1999) — Director
10. Escape (2000) — Director
11. Insect (2001) — Director
12. The Circle 1 (2001) — Director
13. The Circle 2 (2001) — Director
14. Two Cats (1999) — Director
15. Breathe (2000) — Director
16. The Glass House (2003) — Director
17. Families (2002) — Director
18. 30.40 (2005) — Director
19. The Sun (2000) — Director
20. There (2015) — Director
21. The Cypress Tree (2003) — Director
22. Leviathan (2003) — Director
23. The Catacombs (2003) — Director
24. The Fountain (2003) — Director
25. Untitled (Thanks. Get in...) (2008) — Director
26. Thick Comb (2011) — Director
27. Chimera (2011) — Director
28. Dignity (2012) — Director
29. Drowning (2000) — Director
30. The Vanished (2000) — Director
31. Hymn (2002) — Director
32. Growth (1999) — Director
33. Places (2004) — Director
34. Harry’s Passion (2004) — Director
35. Sublimation (2003) — Director
36. The Pearl (2004) — Director
37. Consumed 1 (2001) — Director
38. The Exiled Bird (2003) — Director
39. Esophagus (2004) — Director
40. Crescent Moon (2003) — Director

Also appeared in

1. Barney's Wall (2019) — Self