James N. Kienitz Wilkins is a filmmaker and artist based in Brooklyn. His work has been selected for international film festivals and venues including the New York Film Festival, CPH:DOX, MoMA PS1, Rotterdam IFF, Locarno IFF, Migrating Forms, and the Whitney Biennial 2017. Past movies include the experimental documentary feature Public Hearing (2012) and the short Special Features (2014), which won the Founder’s Spirit Award at the Ann Arbor Film Festival in 2015 and a Grand Prix at the 25 FPS Festival. In 2016, he won the Art Award from the Lichter Filmfest Frankfurt, as well as the Kazuko Trust Award presented by the Film Society of Lincoln Center. He is a graduate of the Cooper Union School of Art in New York City.