Known for
Directing
James Cunningham believes that although animation is ultimately just a tool, it can be a very powerful tool — the kind that allows filmmakers the ability to craft exactly the images and angles that they want to realise their vision.
Cunningham’s own career has seen him specialising in computer-generated imagery, be it full 3D animation or visual effects added to live action. Since graduating from Elam (in Auckland) in 1997, he has crossed back and forth between the stylised CGI images found in his own shorts, and the photo-realistic kind used in live action commercials and movies.
Cunningham studied photography at Elam, following it with a Master of Fine Arts in digital animation. In 1997,...
2020
Director, Writer
2016
Producer, Writer, Director
2016
Director, Writer
2016
Producer, Editor, Director
2012
Director, Producer, Editor
2012
Director
2011
Director
2010
Director
2010
Director
2009
Director
2000
Writer, Director, Animation
1999
Writer, Director, Animation
1997
Director, Animation, Writer