SAMUEL JAMES
Samuel James is a filmmaker and projection designer living on Gundungarra and Dharug land, Blue Mountains. Over thirty years he has collaborated with performance companies focussing on dance movement with digital projection. His work is often seen in Australian festivals as well as internationally in Europe, Canada, South Korea and has participated in seven international residencies; Norway, Czech Republic, Iceland, Finland, The Banff Centre, Calcutta and Berlin. He has been privileged to work with many first nations artists and companies taking the opportunity to develop understandings of sovereignty of country, designing dance and theatre productions, making performance documentaries and video installations. He has won Best Dance Film with choreographer Julie-Anne Long at the Australian Dance Awards in 2006 and has been nominated for two Green Room Awards. In 2012 he completed an MFA from UNSW Art and Design.