James West - Selected Bio
EDUCATION
American Film Institute Conservatory, Los Angeles
Cinematography Fellow, Master of Fine Arts Candidate, 2005
PRODUCTION EXPERIENCE
Cinematographer
American Film Institute, “Salamander”, March 2005,
27 min. short (35mm)
American Film Institute, “Enlightenment”, January
2005, 7 min. short (35mm Anamorphic)
Zach Horton Productions, “Goodbye”, August 2004,
8 min. short (16mm)
American Film Institute, “Frankenfinger”, March
2004, 4 min. short (16mm)
American Film Institute, “Otherwise Pandemonium”,
March 2004, 10 min. short (DV)
American Film Institute, “Call Me Beautiful”,
February 2004, 12 min. short (DV)
American Film Institute, “Welcome To My Life...May I Take Your Order?”,
October 2003, 15 min. short (DV)
SMS Productions, “Ace Autos”, June 2003, 30 sec.
commercial spot (HDTV and Steadicam)
Speak Easy Productions, “Getting Out”, April 2003,
15 min. short (HDTV)
Radio Ridge Productions, “Seven Digits”, December
2002, 12 min. narrative short (Super16)
Publicis & Hal Riney, Ciba-“Inner Beauty Speaks Out”,
September 2002, 30 sec. spot spec (16mm)
Symbiotic Productions, “Be Afraid”, September
2002, 5 min. narrative short (miniDV)
ProJect Productions & Bootypie Productions, “Lucky 8”,
June 2002, 45 min. narrative (miniDV)
BOO! Productions, “BOO! The Movie”, May-June 2002,
Independent Feature Film, 87 min. (Super16)
ProJect Productions & Bootypie Productions, “Hot Wheelz”,
February 2002, 4 min. music video for The Kingpinz (Super16)
GALLERY/ MUSEUM EXHIBITIONS
2003
*vital projects artisit in residence program: two [personal], Vital Projects
Gallery, Chicago, IL
2002
*Then & Now: 25 years of National Exhibitions at Harper College, Palatine,
IL.
2001
*Art Auction benefit for the Red Cross, Chicago Community Cinema, Chicago,
IL
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2000
*Chicago Art Open, Chicago, IL.
*Around the Coyote Winter Arts Festival, Chicago, IL
1999
*9th Annual Center Awards Exhibition, Center for Photographic Art, Carmel,
CA.
*Curator’s Choice Group Show, Around the Coyote Arts Festival no. 10,
Ukranian Institute of Modern Art, Chicago, IL.
*Combined Talents:The Florida National 1999, Museum of Fine Arts of Florida
State University, Tallahassee, FL.
*2nd Annual EAM Competition: Photography, Elmhurst Art Museum, Elmhurst, IL.
*10th National Juried Exhibition, Viridian Artists Inc., New York, NY. Semi-Finalist.
*Paperworks ‘99, Ridgefield Guild of Artists, Ridgefield, CT.
*Photowork ‘99, Twelfth Annual National Juried Exhibition, Barrett Art
Center, Poughkeepsie, NY.
*Small Works, 22nd Harper College National Exhibition, Palatine, IL. Martha
Bell Purchase Award.
*National Exposure, 6th Biennial Juried Exhibition, A.R.C. Gallery, Chicago,
IL.
1998
*Photographic Explorations, 4th Annual Juried Competition, Photographic Center
Northwest, Seattle, WA.
*Arts in Celebration, 6th Biennial Regional Juried Exhibition, University
Museum, Carbondale , IL. Merit Award.
*Greenview Arts Center, Chicago, IL.
ADDITIONAL SKILLS
PADI Certified Open Water Diver
Contact: jimmyjaw@yahoo.com