James DeLisio is a filmmaker based in Southern California, currently pursuing graduate studies at the University of Southern California.
His filmmaking practice uses experimental nonfiction to explore the mediation between the humanistic and the ecological. He is a fellow with the Suraj Israni Center for Cinematic Arts, and has been supported by the William Male Foundation, the Russell Foundation, and Labocine. His films have screened at the National Film Festival for Talented Youth, the San Diego Asian Film Festival, the USC Eco Film + Media Arts Festival, the Catalina Film Festival, and more.
He also works in commercial video production in Southern California, where he has experience in creative agencies, trailer houses, community media centers, sports and e-sports broadcast productions, and scripted and unscripted films as a full-service videographer, editor, colorist, camera operator, AC, technical director, live director, and more.
His next film, "Lobsteropolis," will be the third in a trilogy of works that observe ecosystems bordering urban San Diego, and will examine the California Spiny Lobster through a series of disparate contexts.
Recent Screenings, Talks, & Press
Athenaeum 33rd Annual Juried Exhibition | La Jolla, CA | July - October 2025
North Park Film Festival | San Diego, CA | July 2025
Toward a Nuclear Ecocinema | New Paltz, NY | April 2025
In Water (Lilies): A Cinematic Aesthetics of Blur | Baltimore, MD | March 2025
National Film Festival for Talented Youth | Seattle, WA | February 2025
Birds on Record | Online | February 2025
USC Eco Film + Media Arts Festival | Los Angeles, CA | February 2025