James Fotopoulos is an incredibly prolific filmmaker who has been turning out dozens — actually probably hundreds — of experimental and avant-garde feature films and shorts since the early ’90s. He made a huge splash in the underground film world in the late ’90s and early ’00s with a trio of acclaimed feature-length movies — Zero, Migrating Forms and Back Against the Wall — shot on 16mm film and which took semi-familiar concepts, such as the romantic drama and the gangster thriller, and twisted them through an unconventional prism of storytelling, disturbing visuals and unflattering characters.

Many of his short films and his more recent work are highly experimental in nature, shot on video and have been collaborations with other filmmakers and artists such as Raymond Pettibon, Ben Coonley and Cory Arcangel.

You can learn more about this filmmaker at his official website and on Bad Lit: The Journal of Underground Film.

Films Available:
Zero (Amazon | Netflix)
Migrating Forms (Amazon | Netflix)
Back Against the Wall (Amazon | Netflix)

Migrating Forms movie trailer (NSFW):