James DeLisio is a filmmaker based in San Diego, CA.
His filmmaking practice uses experimental nonfiction to explore the mediation between the humanistic and the ecological. Previous works include "Smoke Signals" which follows the work of volunteer fire lookouts on Palomar Mountain, and "Under the Overpass," an experimental short charting a colony of Cliff Swallows in urban San Diego. 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.
