James Fotopoulos
Directing
1976-01-01 · 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.
Filmography
An Island
2026 · Movie
The Golden Sarcophaga
2026 · Movie
Final Obscura
2025 · Movie
Barney's Wall
2019 · Movie
Two Girls
2018 · Movie
The Given
2015 · Movie
There
2015 · Movie
Dignity
2012 · Movie
Chimera
2011 · Movie
Thick Comb
2011 · Movie
Alice in Wonderland
2010 · Movie
Untitled (Thanks. Get in...)
2008 · Movie
30.40
2005 · Movie
Monroe Blues
2004 · Movie
Esophagus
2004 · Movie
Places
2004 · Movie
Harry’s Passion
2004 · Movie
The Pearl
2004 · Movie
The Glass House
2003 · Movie
Knowing and Being 1
2003 · Movie
Sea Storm
2003 · Movie
The Watchtower
2003 · Movie
Faces
2003 · Movie
The Fountain
2003 · Movie
Crescent Moon
2003 · Movie
The Hemispheres
2003 · Movie
The Catacombs
2003 · Movie
Jerusalem
2003 · Movie
Sublimation
2003 · Movie
The Nest
2003 · Movie
Leviathan
2003 · Movie
The Exiled Bird
2003 · Movie
Hidden Objects 5
2003 · Movie
Hidden Objects 10
2003 · Movie
The Cypress Tree
2003 · Movie
Hidden Objects 1
2003 · Movie
Hidden Objects 8
2003 · Movie
Hidden Objects 3
2003 · Movie
Hidden Objects 9
2003 · Movie
Hidden Objects 12
2003 · Movie
Hidden Objects 7
2003 · Movie
Hidden Objects 2
2003 · Movie
Hidden Objects 11
2003 · Movie
Hidden Objects 6
2003 · Movie
Hidden Objects 4
2003 · Movie
Families
2002 · Movie
The River
2002 · Movie
The Swan
2002 · Movie
Hymn
2002 · Movie
The Scythe
2002 · Movie
Flight
2002 · Movie
Christabel
2001 · Movie
Consumed 2
2001 · Movie
Consumed 3
2001 · Movie
Consumed 1
2001 · Movie
Consumed 5
2001 · Movie
Consumed 4
2001 · Movie
Insect
2001 · Movie
The Circle 1
2001 · Movie
The Circle 2
2001 · Movie
Migrating Forms
2000 · Movie
The Vanished
2000 · Movie
Drowning
2000 · Movie
Breathe
2000 · Movie
Escape
2000 · Movie
Back Against the Wall
2000 · Movie
The Sun
2000 · Movie
A Room
1999 · Movie
Two Cats
1999 · Movie
Growth
1999 · Movie
Zero
1997 · Movie