제임스 쿠닝햄은 뉴질랜드 영화감독이자 애니메이터로 12편의 영화제 수상작을 보유하고 있다. 제임스는 뉴질랜드의 Media Design School의 학생들과 함께 단편들을 프로듀싱하고 연출하며 애니메이션과 비쥬얼 이펙트를 가르치고 있다. ​

James is a Senior Lecturer at Media Design School, an animation and visual effects new media school in New Zealand, where he produces and directs short films with his students. Prior to that he was Head of 3D at Digital Post working on visual effects for local and international TV commercials, and he was a technical director on The Lord of the Rings at Weta Digital. He has a Bachelor of Fine Arts in photography and a Master of Fine Arts in digital animation from Elam School of Fine Arts (Auckland, NZ). 

Filmography[edit]

Director[edit]

The Dragon's Scale (2016): writer, director, producer

Accidents, Blunders and Calamities (2015): writer, director, producer

Over the Moon (2014): director, producer

Shelved (2013): director, producer

Dr Grordbort Present: The Deadliest Game (2011): director, editor, producer

Rotting Hill (2011): director, editor, producer

First Contact (2010): director, editor, producer

Das Tub (2010): director, editor, producer

Time for Change (2010): director, editor, producer

Slightly Fishy (2009): director, editor, producer

Poppy (2009): director

Infection (2000): writer, director

Blinder (1998): writer, director

Delf (1997): writer, director

Music Videos[edit]

Drive, Strawpeople (2000): director

It's Not Enough, Strawpeople (2000): director

Signals, Elleven (2004): director​