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  • James Kienitz Wilkins

    Assistant Professor of Screen Studies

    Email
    kienitzj@newschool.edu

    Office Location
    D - 79 Fifth Avenue

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    James Kienitz Wilkins

    Profile

    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)

    Research Interests

    Screenwriting, experimental narrative, docufiction, cinematography, sound design, artist film

    Awards And Honors

    Premieres (selected)

    • Museum of Moving Image: First Look 2026 (opening night)
    • Museum of Modern Art: Doc Fortnight 2023 (closing night)
    • Visions du Réel 2023
    • New Directors/New Films 2019
    • Berlin International Film Festival 2019
    • Toronto International Film Festival 2019
    • Tate Modern 2018
    • BAMcinemaFest 2017
    • Whitney Biennial 2017
    • Locarno International Film Festival 2016
    • International Film Festival Rotterdam 2016
    • New York Film Festival 2015
    • CPH:DOX 2012

    Portfolio

    www.automaticmoving.com

    Current Courses

    [Senior Seminar]
    LSCR 4900, Spring 2026

    Experiments in Docufiction
    LSCR 3561, Spring 2026

    Screen Foundations
    LSCR 2101, Spring 2026

    Past Courses

    [Senior Seminar]
    LSCR 4900, Fall 2025

    [Senior Seminar]: Open Form
    LSCR 4899, Fall 2025

    Independent Senior Project
    LSCR 4990, Fall 2025

    Independent Study
    LSCR 3950, Fall 2025

    The Feature-length Screenplay
    LSCR 3175, Fall 2025

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