James Otis

James Otis

Known for
Directing

Biography

"James Otis" is not yet a pseudonym employed by a coalition of passionate dilettantes. He remains a real person, an amalgam of spirit and flesh. He loves dark chocolate, the prose of Samuel Johnson and the music of Shostakovich. He cannot abide flavored coffees, Hemingway or Richard Strauss. Acutely aware of binocular vision, at the age of seven he undertook a program of eye exercises to strengthen the facility. At eleven, meditating on numbers, he succeeded in visualizing 23 distinct points. While a teenager, Otis blindfolded himself, seeing not a photon for nine days. Shortly thereafter he began making movies.

Known For

Filmography

2002
Common Knowledge poster

Common Knowledge

Movie · Director

2001
We and I poster

We and I

Movie · Director

1999
(the daily compromise of) My Enmeshment poster

(the daily compromise of) My Enmeshment

Movie · Director

1997
Englewood Cottonwood poster

Englewood Cottonwood

Movie · Director

1997
Observations in Natural Philosophy

Observations in Natural Philosophy

Movie · Director

1997
Family Dinners poster

Family Dinners

Movie · Director

1997
O Places! O Trees! poster

O Places! O Trees!

Movie · Director

1996
Upper Blue Lake poster

Upper Blue Lake

Movie · Director

1996
Vervielfältigung poster

Vervielfältigung

Movie · Director

1996
Easter Blues poster

Easter Blues

Movie · Director

1994
Ash and Apple poster

Ash and Apple

Movie · Director

1994
The Last Bite poster

The Last Bite

Movie · Director

1994
Messenger 48 poster

Messenger 48

Movie · Director

1992
Mount Sopris and the Cattle Creek Anticline poster

Mount Sopris and the Cattle Creek Anticline

Movie · Director

1992
Rot Ligh poster

Rot Ligh

Movie · Director

1992
Carter Jackson's Cottonwood poster

Carter Jackson's Cottonwood

Movie · Director

1986
Calypso's Cloak poster

Calypso's Cloak

Movie · Director

1984
From the Family of Eggs poster

From the Family of Eggs

Movie · Director

1984
Deposit of Faith poster

Deposit of Faith

Movie · Director

1982
Hexes poster

Hexes

Movie · Director

1982
He Lives There

He Lives There

Movie · Director

1981
Jacobs' Ladder poster

Jacobs' Ladder

Movie · Director

1981
On Your Own poster

On Your Own

Movie · Director

1981
Toroidal Forest poster

Toroidal Forest

Movie · Director

1981
Gridrose poster

Gridrose

Movie · Director

1981
J

J

Movie · Director

1980
Triptych poster

Triptych

Movie · Director

1980
He Waited for Days poster

He Waited for Days

Movie · Director

1980
A True Kenning

A True Kenning

Movie · Director

1979
No Art of Memory poster

No Art of Memory

Movie · Director

1979
Bagatelle

Bagatelle

Movie · Director

1978
Bwong Bwong

Bwong Bwong

Movie · Director

1978
Strafkolonie poster

Strafkolonie

Movie · Director

1976
Drilled Letter Color Cone

Drilled Letter Color Cone

Movie · Director

1976
Ein Baum fur die Engelmanner

Ein Baum fur die Engelmanner

Movie · Director

1976
Activity’s Residue

Activity’s Residue

Movie · Director

1975
Short Films Für Die Englemänner

Short Films Für Die Englemänner

Movie · Director