Corrinne James is a Los Angeles-based filmmaker, animator, and artist. She has worked with both major label and indie artists, including Ice Spice, Snail Mail, Feeble Little Horse, Slow Pulp, and Emily Yacina. Additionally, she has created animated sequences for TV, such as Hulu’s food docu-series Searching for Soul Food. Corrinne is also passionate about sharing her love of animation, often teaching workshops at Heavy Manners Library in Los Angeles, California. In her own films, James frequently employs hand-drawn techniques to explore themes of guilt, purpose, and jealousy in a non-linear, impressionistic style.
Screenings (Festival/Web/Gallery)
2024
Alien in Love, Girls in Film
Alien In Love, NoBudge L.A., Los Angeles, California
Alien In Love, Silverlake Shorts, Los Angeles, California
Alien In Love, Takeout, Los Angeles, California
Alien In Love, Vision World, Los Angeles, California
2023
Concession Stand Girl, Animation in August presented by TEFF & Hoboken Historical Museum, Hoboken, New Jersey
Mammoth Lakes Film Festival Bumper, Mammoth Lakes Film Festival, Mammoth Lakes, California
Concession Stand Girl, Silver Lake Shorts, Los Angeles, California
Starshine Mountain, Cactus Club, Milwaukee, WI
2021/2022
Concession Stand Girl, Thomas Edison Film Festival
Concession Stand Girl, ANNY Animation Nights New York, New York, New York
Concession Stand Girl, Ann Arbor Film Festival, Ann Arbor, Michigan
Concession Stand Girl, Atlanta Film Festival, Atlanta, Georgia
Concession Stand Girl, Leeds International Film Festival, Leeds, England
Concession Stand Girl, Drunken Film Fest Oakland, Oakland, California
Concession Stand Girl, Mammoth Lakes Film Festival, Mammoth Lakes, California
Concession Stand Girl, Raindance Film Festival, London, England
Starshine Mountain, Les Femmes Underground Film Festival V, Los Angeles, California
Concession Stand Girl, Athens International Film and Video Festival, Athens, Georgia
Concession Stand Girl, The American Documentary and Animation Film Festival, Palm Springs, California
Concession Stand Girl, Becoming, Heavy Manners Library, Los Angeles, California
Concession Stand Girl, Los Angeles Animation Festival - *Best Music Video, Los Angeles, California
Concession Stand Girl, Experimental Animation Night - Bushwick City Farm, Brooklyn, New York
Concession Stand Girl, Sweaty Eyeballs Animation Festival, Baltimore, Maryland
Monday Short: Corrinne James’ Starshine Mountain (2019), Quickdraw Animation Society
Track, The American Documentary and Animation Film Festival, Palm Springs, California
Track, World of Film International Festival Glasgow, Glawgow, Scotland
Concession Stand Girl, Flood Magazine
Concession Stand Girl, Paste Magazine
Swallowed, HERE AND THERE, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Starshine Mountain, NoBudge
Intermission Gif, Malt Adult #19
2020
Track, NME
Track, Nylon Magazine
Track, The Fader
Stephanie, Animaze - The Montreal International Animation Film Festival
Shorts by Corrinne James, QuaranTV, Baltimore, Maryland
Stephanie, GORILLA VS. BEAR
Stephanie, The Fader
Stephanie, Athens Animfest, Athens, Greece
Starshine Mountain, Les Femmes Underground International Film Festival, Los Angeles, California
2019
Starshine Mountain, Trophy House, Baltimore, Maryland
Starshine Mountain, Ruffin Gallery, Charlottesville, Virginia
Shorts By Corrinne James, 8 Ball TV, New York, New York
Simon: Naomi Alligator, Music Shorts Film Festival, Missoula, Montana
Interview With Jesus, Bad Video Art Festival, Moscow, Russia
2018
Jealousy, Guilt, and The Sun, Raindance Film Festival, London, England
Interview With Jesus, SEFF Binghamton, Binghamton, New York
2016
Four, The Adrenaline Film Project, The Virginia Film Festival, Charlottesville, Virginia
Television
2023
Searching for Soul Food, S1 E8 · Los Angeles - Hulu (Animation Director & Lead Animator)
Music Videos
Recent
Pretty Girl - Ice Spice x Rema, Capitol Records (Animation Director & Lead Animator)
Más O Menos - Fake Fruit, Carpark Records (Animation Director & Lead Animator)
Chores - Feeble Little Horse, Saddle Creek (Animation Director & Lead Animator)
Track - Slow Pulp, Anti- (Animation Director & Lead Animator)
Concession Stand Girl - Naomi Alligator, Carpark Records (Lead Animator)
One day at a Time - Samatha Urbani (Add. Animator)
What’s This About (La La La La) - Kate Bollinger, Ghostly (1st AD)
Awards
2022
Jury Award, Concession Stand Girl, Thomas Edison Film Festival
2021
Best Music Video, Concession Stand Girl, Los Angeles Animation Festival
2020
Honorable Mention, Stephanie, Los Angeles Underground Film Festival
2019-2020
Aunspaugh Fifth Year Fellowship, The University of Virginia
2018-2019
Honorable Mention, Jealousy, Guilt, and The Sun, Los Angeles Underground Film Festival
Fourth Year Award, Miller Arts Scholar, The University of Virginia
Third Year Award, Miller Arts Scholar, The University of Virginia
2017
Mountain Lake ArtLab Fellowship, Pembroke, Virginia
2015
Gold Key, Scholastic Art & Writing Awards
Silver Key, Scholastic Art & Writing Awards
Events/Fun Stuff:
2024
Guest Artist: School of the Art Institute of Chicago
Juror: Animation & Short Docs, Mammoth Lakes Film Film Festival, Mammoth Lakes, California
Workshop: September; Hand-drawn animation workshop at Heavy Manners Library, Los Angeles, California
2023
Guest Artist: School of the Art Institute of Chicago
Juror: Animation & Music Videos, Drunken Film Fest Oakland
Workshop: September; Hand-drawn animation workshop at Heavy Manners Library, Los Angeles, California
Workshop: February; Hand-drawn animation workshop at Heavy Manners Library, Los Angeles, California
Exhibitions
2023
Assemblage, Heavy Manners Library, Los Angeles, California (group)
2022
Becoming, Heavy Manners Library, Los Angeles, California (group)
2020
Distinguished Majors and Fifth Year Fellows, Ruffin Gallery, Charlottesville, Virginia (group)
2019
Five Fifths, McGuffey Art Center, Charlottesville, Virginia (group)
Don’t Look Now, Richmond, Virginia (group)
Starshine Mountain, Ruffin Gallery, Charlottesville, Virginia (solo)
2017
Cascade, ArtLab Fellowship, Ruffin Gallery, Charlottesville, Virginia (group)
Congratulations, Ruffin Hall, Charlottesville, Virginia (two-person)
2016
Second Street Gallery Rally, Charlottesville, Virginia (group event)
WXTJ Showcase, Charlottesville, Virginia (group)
Kirsten Hemrich, Corrinne James, Emma Lewis, Grit, Charlottesville, Virginia (group)
Illustration
2023
“Congratulations Daniels” for Prettybird - Directors Guild of America
Snail Mail Valentine Fest Poster
Bibliography/Publications
2021
Naomi Alligator Adjusts to Her Surroundings on “Concession Stand Girl”. Flood Magazine
Naomi Alligator Announces Concession Stand Girl EP, Shares Video for Title Track, Paste Magazine
5 QUESTIONS WITH CORRINNE JAMES ("STARSHINE MOUNTAIN"), NoBudge
Meet Corrinne James, the artist behind this year’s Rock Marathon t-shirt, WTJU
2020
Slow Pulp share hand-illustrated music video for ‘Track’, NME
Watch Slow Pulp’s stunning new “Track” video, The Fader
SLOW PULP'S HEART-WRENCHING "TRACK" GETS A WHIMSICAL NEW
VIDEO (PREMIERE), Nylon Magazine
Video: Emily Yacina – Stephanie, GORILLA VS. BEAR
Watch the surreal animated video for Emily Yacina’s “Stephanie,” The Fader
2019
College People: Corrinne James, Alumni & Friends, Arts & Sciences Magazine Spring 2019 Edition
2017
[Exclusive] 5 Artists Reimagine ‘1984- for 2017” The Creators Project, Vice Magazine
Corrinne James, Forge. Art Magazine
Corrinne James, Arts On Grounds, WTJU
2015
The Parallel of Anxiety and Ambition, Printed Matter, New York, New York
Rookie Magazine: https://www.rookiemag.com/author/drawingsofmydad/
Education
2019
University of Virginia Distinguished Major, High Distinction, concentration in Film and New Media
Next workshop!! 9/23
Leading an animation workshop at Heavy Manners Library
