James Kienitz Wilkins
Assistant Professor of Screen Studies
Email
kienitzj@newschool.edu
Office Location
D - 79 Fifth Avenue
Profile
**On Leave Fall 2026**
James N. Kienitz Wilkins is a filmmaker, artist and writer. His work has screened widely with premieres at film festivals including TIFF, Berlinale, NYFF, Locarno, Rotterdam, CPH:DOX, ND/NF, Viennale, MoMA Doc Fortnight, MoMI First Look, and beyond. In 2017, he was included in the Whitney Biennial.
Degrees Held
BFA, The Cooper Union School of Art
Recent Publications
Feature-length
The Misconceived (2026)
Still Film (2023)
The Plagiarists (2019)
Common Carrier (2017)
The Republic (2017)
Public Hearing (2012)
Portfolio
Current Courses
- Independent Study
LSCR 3950 - Fall 2026 - Independent Senior Project
LSCR 4990 - Fall 2026
Future Courses
- Screen Foundations
LSCR 2101 - Spring 2027 - The Feature-length Screenplay
LSCR 3175 - Spring 2027 - [Senior Seminar]
LSCR 4900 - Spring 2027
Past Courses
- Screen Foundations
LSCR 2101 - Spring 2026 - Experiments in Docufiction
LSCR 3561 - Spring 2026 - [Senior Seminar]
LSCR 4900 - Spring 2026
