James Carman is an accomplished New York based filmmaker.

He works as a cinematographer and photographer. Photography has been his lifelong passion. James has produced shoots for Getty images recently had a photography exhibit at Point B gallery in New York. It was entitled, The Grasshopper Lies Heavy; A remembrance of Hiroshima 70 Years On. It was favorably reviewed by VICE magazine.

His feature length documentary, The Hidden Hand; Alien Contact and the Government Cover-up, has won 5 awards and is distributed internationally. James is a member of the Producer’s Guild and is currently directing a TV series, Superconscious, which explores people with special gifts and abilities.

His film website:

www.JamesCarman.net

Fluent in English, German and Spanish.

FILM CREDITS

FEATURE FILMS: 

The Misandrists: Dir. Bruce LaBruce, comedy about a halfway house for girls
• World Premiere at the Berlin Film Festival 2017

FluidQ: Dir. Shu Lea Cheang, dystopian Sci-Fi feature about addictive diseases
• World Premiere Berlin Film Festival 2017

Hollywood and Vine: Dir. Matt Jacobs, black comedy set in LA night buses
• Winner ofBest Comedy 2017, Hollywood Reel Independent Film Festival

MoMA Retrospective of Bruce LaBruce films, including 5 features films shot by

James Carman, screened in spring 2015 at the Museum of Modern Art

The Sweet Life: Dir. Rocco Simonelli, a romantic comedy starring Joan Jett

Gisela; Dir. Isabel Stever, drama about lost youth for German television, WDR
• Premiered at Berlin Film Festival
• Won Crossing Visionsaward and BestPictureat Moscow Film Festival

LA Zombie: Dir. Bruce LaBruce, The horror of LA. Toronto Film Festival, NA premiere,
• Locarno Film Festival, World Premiere

Otto, or Up With Dead People: Dir. Bruce LaBruce, a romantic horror film
• World premiere at Sundance and European Premiere at Berlin Film Festival
• Won Vision Award at the Rio Film Fest and Best Picture,Milano G&L FFest

Hustler White: Dir. Bruce LaBruce, drama about the hustling scene in LA
• Sundance World premiere and screened at the Berlin, Toronto and Cannes

Latin Boys Go to Hell: Dir. Ela Troyano, passions run high in the New York barrios
• Berlin Film Festival world premiere, Toronto Film Festival

The Night Larry Kramer Kissed Me: Dir. Tim Kirkman, film of the Obie award winning play

Big Money Hustlas: Dir. John Cafiero, comedy with the Insane Clown Posse and the Jerky Boys, produced by Island Records

Raspberry Reich: Dir. Bruce LaBruce, satire about a German terrorist cell
• Sundance World Premiere and Berlin Film Festival Premiere

Skin Flic: Dir. Bruce LaBruce, Satire about British Skin Heads
• Edinburgh Film Fest World Premiere, Rotterdam Film Festival

Nancy and Frank: Dir. Wolf Gremm, European Coproduction, romantic drama

New York DP/ aerial cinematography

Circle’s Short Circuit: Dir. Caspar Strake, experimental feature film
• Theatrical screening at MoMA and Anthology Film Archives, NYC

Hacks: Dir. Glenn Rockawitz, comedy about horrible stand-up comics.
• Digidance Film Festival and NY Independent Film Festival

Bloodlines: Dir. Darryl De Angelo, Mafia crime movie

 

COMMERCIALS:

432 Park Place: Producer/DP, James Carman; luxury apts w/ architect Jean Novelle

Steiner Luxury Apartments: Producer/DP, J. Carman, shot at Steiner Film Studio

Sugar Beach Viceroy Resort: Producer/DP, James Carman, Resort in St. Lucia

Four Seasons Hotel: Photographer, J. Carman, updated look for Palm Beach hotel

Sprite: Dir. Matthias Clamer,Animated soft drink spot

Jivamukti: Producer/Director, James Carman, 6 spots for the renowned yoga school

Washington State Lottery: Dir. Glenn Rockowitz, DP/Producer James Carman

Target: Dir. Mathias Clamer, green screen commercial

Guess: Director/DP James Carman, with supermodel Laetitia Casta

Parenting Magazine: Producer/Director James Carman, how mom’s cope

WebMD: Dir. Jason Kelly, Curious Pictures and Tomato Films

MTV Networks: Dir. Matt Heron, table top food spot

Lucent Technologies: Producer/Director James Carman

Pfizer: Dir. David Sandbank, enhancing quality of life

Sparta: Dir. Terry Richardson, for London clothing store ICM

 

DOCUMENTARIES:

Superconscious:Producer/Director James Carman, pilot for a TV show about spiritually gifted people

The Hidden Hand: Alien Contact and the Government Cover-Up: Producer/Director James Carman
• Winner of 5 Awards,including the Philip K. Dick awardfor best documentary and the EBE awardfor best documentary. Bestseller on Amazon Prime and Netflix

Simple Recipes for Joy and Tribe Gathering: Producer/Director, James Carman.

Book premiere and performance with Sting, Sharon Gannonand Krishna Das

PRIME: Produced/directed movie about United Nations conference, Global Compact

Wind Shadows: Dir. Carole Ryavec, about creating a wildlife corridor in Kenya

Yoga Is: Dir. Suzanne Bryant-Cunha, about the state of yoga in India and America.

Distributed by Magnolia Pictures

Al Capp: Dir. Caitlin Manning, about the cartoonist who created L’il Abner

The Net: Dir. Lutz Dammbeck, about the fight for internet control, ARTE

Breaking the Rules: Dir. Michael Almareda,a film about the 60’s with Peter Fonda,

Eruf: Dir. Kai Wiesinger, about Hasidic Jews and the rules of Shabbat
• Berlin Film Festival World Premiere

Talmud: Dir. Yahuda Safati, about the origins of the Talmud, Canal Plus and ARTE

Autism: Dir. Gary Keys, about the parents of autistic children

Menachem and Fred: Dir. Ronit Kertsner, two brothers who survived the holocaust

What is Yoga?: Dir. Mary Bosakowski, Jivamukti Yoga with Willem Dafoe.

La Lupe: Dir. Ela Troyano, Documentary for PBS about the Cuban singer
• Won Alma Awardfor Latin Documentaries

ModeRNE: Dir. Miriam Dehne, ARTE, Fashion documentary on the AS4 designers

Asana, Sacred Dance:Dir. James Carman, yoga dance film.

The Marriage Makers: Dir. Miriam Dehne, about the business of marriage,

Heros: Dir. Marie Cactus, about heroic ideals, ARTE/ZDF

 

TELEVISION:

Thomson Reuters: Lighting Designer, Editor and Camera Operator

United Nations TV: Cameraman and quality control supervisor

Aljazeera America:Producer, Cameraman, Editor

PrivCap: Prod/Director, Financial TV show in Sao Paulo, DC, Boston and NYC

Diet Coke Style Series: Lighting Director, with Heidi Klum, Hilary Duff, Robin Thicke,

Edward Norton, Natasha Bedingfield, Stacy Bendet, Christian Siriano

Intel/HP Live Beats Series: Lighting Director for music acts Train, Weezer, and One