CV

JAMES PARK SIEWERT


11  Hazelwood Ave.
Newark NJ, 07106
(510) 717-1331
james@glasseyepix.com
James Siewert is a director, writer, cinematographer, editor, visual effects artist and animator. His cinematography work can be seen in feature films Like Me, The Ranger, and Depraved as well as over a dozen short films and music videos. He has animated music videos for Panda Bear, Lewis Del Mar and Sonic Boom and his animation work has also been featured in campaigns for Marshall, Red Bull, Apple Music, Amazon Music, Adidas, and Champion. He is a four time Vimeo staff pick recipient and his first film The Past Inside the Present played at over 25 film festivals.

His personal work moves fluidly between live action and animation, as well as between narrative and experiential film. He is currently in post-production on his second film Appendectomy, an experimental drama about a young woman whose consciousness becomes untethered from her body while on hold with a collection agency.


EDUCATION


BARD COLLEGE — Film and electronic arts - August 2009 - May 2014 

Received Sidney Peterson Award for Experimental Filmmaking

BARD COLLEGE — Philosophy - August 2009 - May 2014

Received Natural Philosophy Award


DIRECTING



 

November 2025 - “Tender”, Stop-Motion and Live Action Video 4:15

https://vimeo.com/glasseyepix/tender

March 2024 - “A Daisy Chain for Satan”, Live Action and Animated Video 3:53 Directed with Ewan Creed

https://vimeo.com/918685127

August 2022 -  “Go On”, Animated Video, 4:54 

https://vimeo.com/glasseyepix/sonicboom Vimeo Staff Pick

July 2022 - “Lady”, Music Video, 3:44, Directed with Annelyse Gelman and Auden Lincoln Vogel

https://vimeo.com/glasseyepix/lady

August 2020 - “TV”, Animated  Video, 4:17, Directed with Jason Filmore and Simon Davis

https://vimeo.com/446481716 Vimeo Staff Pick

May 2020 - “Things Like This”, Animated Video, 4:05

https://vimeo.com/glasseyepix/thingslikethis Vimeo Staff Pick - Best of the Month

February 2020 - “Bed of Nails”, Short Video, 5:15

https://vimeo.com/glasseyepix/bedofnails

August 2019 - “AOKOHIO”, Visual Album, 31:46, Directed with Miles Joris Peyrafitte and Auden Lincoln Vogel

https://youtu.be/8pLGXbRs5dw

January 2018 - “Moto Komplete”,  Video, 5:16

https://vimeo.com/glasseyepix/moto

April 2017 - “I Might Shout”, Video, 5:31

https://vimeo.com/glasseyepix/swoon

January 2016 - “The Past Inside the Present”, Short Film, 12:12

https://vimeo.com/188450930 Vimeo Staff Pick, Premiered at Slamdance and played 20+ film festivals


ANIMATION

June 2023 - “Blackout” - Feature Film, 104 minutes, Directed by Larry Fessenden

https://vimeo.com/833339366/996c3ffdbb?share=copy


December 2022 - “NWA”, Music Video, 3:52, Directed by Jason Filmore and Simon Davis

https://youtu.be/SLqcPnKXolo

December 2022 - “Curtain is Closing”, Music Video, 3:55, Directed by Eva Louise-Goodman and Leah van der Werff

https://vimeo.com/772427207

June 2022 - “Black Tame”, Music Video, 3:54, Directed by Jason Filmore and Simon Davis

https://youtu.be/4jE9RphsR4c

October 2021 - “99 Jackals”, Production Company Logo

https://vimeo.com/glasseyepix/jackals

July 2021 - “Liquor Store”, Music Video, 3:05 Directed by Haley Appell and Daniel Iglesias Jr.

https://vimeo.com/578184062

March 2021 - “Adidas Originals”, Advertisement

https://www.instagram.com/p/CNsEXgeDBX7/

January 2021 - “A Small Antelope Horn”, 2:17, Advertisement, Directed by Jason Filmore and Simon Davis

https://vimeo.com/503130288 Vimeo Staff Pick

October 2020 - “Miracles”, Music Video, 3:31, Directed by Mick Soiza

https://vimeo.com/468307491

April 2020 - “Pink Dust”, Music Video, 3:42, Directed by Jason Filmore and Simon Davis

https://vimeo.com/patrickgolan/pinkdust

September 2019 - “Depraved”, Feature Film, 114 minutes, Directed by Larry Fessenden

https://youtu.be/kYc8SJ5Olbg


CINEMATOGRAPHY

December 2022 - “Curtain is Closing”, Music Video, 3:55, Directed by Eva Louise-Goodman and Leah van der Werff

https://vimeo.com/772427207

October 2021 - “Size Up”, Short Film, 15:36, Directed by Rigo Garay

https://vimeo.com/376694992

September 2019 - “Depraved”, Feature Film, 114 minutes, Directed by Larry Fessenden, Co-cinematographer: Chris Skotchdopole

https://youtu.be/kYc8SJ5Olbg

March 2018 - “The Ranger”, Feature Film, 77 minutes, Directed by Jenn Wexler

https://youtu.be/ONPclNVfqog

May 2017 - “Ilaria”, Short Film, 15 minutes, Directed by Minka Rose Bleakley

https://www.minkableakley.com/portfolio/ilaria

March 2017 - “Like Me”, Feature Film, 80 minutes, Directed by Robert Mockler

https://youtu.be/aKg60N8L0qA 

September 2015 - “The Egg and the Hatchet”, Short Film, 12:55, Directed by  Chris Skotchdople

https://vimeo.com/140004657




PRESS

November 2024 - Flux, Fall 2024

https://hammer.ucla.edu/programs-events/2024/flux-fall-2024

July 2022 - Trippy new Panda Bear and Sonic Boom video subverts well-worn MTV tropes - https://www.creativereview.co.uk/panda-bear-sonic-boom-animated-music-video-go-on-pinball-james-siewert/

March 2022 - GEP Mindoc: James Siewert

https://youtu.be/AKrRIXtxBtk

September 2020 - Why rubberband. Shot Four Miles of Paper Images for Lewis Del Mar’s Animated Music Video ‘TV’

https://directorsnotes.com/2020/09/10/rubberband-tv/

April 2017 - Short Films in Focus: "The Past Inside the Present” 

https://www.rogerebert.com/features/short-films-in-focus-the-past-inside-the-present

March 2016 - Slamdance Spotlight “The Past Inside the Present”  
https://youtu.be/XbmFkXN8WRQ




Last Updated 12.25.2025