James Cunningham

Active·Active 2000–2022

James' long and successful career in animation has seen him directing and supervising 14 Visual Effects or Animation driven short films. James started out as an animator/director, creating the crazy worlds of DELF, BLINDER while completing his Masters degree at Elam School of Fine Arts. His next film INFECTION competed at Cannes 2000, Sundance ...

Career stats
9Films
692Posters
22Years active
2001Peak year
Eras & genres
Eras
Genres

Selected work

9 posters
The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring
The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring · 2001
The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power
The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power · 2022
The Devil Dared Me To
The Devil Dared Me To · 2007
Slightly Fishy
Slightly Fishy · 2009
Rotting Hill
Rotting Hill · 2011
First Contact
First Contact · 2010
Poppy
Poppy · 2009
Infection
Infection · 2000
Shelved
Shelved · 2013

Frequent collaborators

30 repeat partners
Paul Swadel
Produced by · 3 films together
Adrian Paul
Series Visual Effects by · 2 films together
Alastair Maher
Series Visual Effects by · 2 films together
Andrew Stehlin
Andrew Stehlin
Stunts · 2 films together
Ants Farrell
Series Camera and Electrical Department · 2 films together
Averil Mawhinney
Production Finance and Accounting · 2 films together
Ben Cooke
Ben Cooke
Stunts · 2 films together
Ben Fransham
Ben Fransham
Actor · 2 films together