Directing
Community Rating
6.0
TMDB estimate
Born
January 1, 1976 (age 50)
Born in
Norridge - Illinois - USA
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.

The Golden Sarcophaga
as Director
2026

Final Obscura
as Director, Writer, Cinematography
2025

Barney's Wall
as Self
2019

Two Girls
as Director, Writer
2018

The Given
as Director, Writer, Editor
2015
There
as Writer, Editor, Director
2015
Dignity
as Director, Writer
2012

Thick Comb
as Director, Writer
2011

Chimera
as Writer, Director
2011
Alice in Wonderland
as Director
2010

Untitled (Thanks. Get in...)
as Director
2008
30.40
as Director
2005

Places
as Director
2004

Harry’s Passion
as Director
2004

The Pearl
as Director
2004

Esophagus
as Director
2004

Monroe Blues
as Director
2004
The Glass House
as Director
2003

Knowing and Being 1
as Director
2003

Sea Storm
as Director
2003