James Trainor is an American

experimental film Experimental film or avant-garde cinema is a mode of filmmaking that rigorously re-evaluates cinematic conventions and explores non-narrative forms or alternatives to traditional narratives or methods of working. Many experimental films, parti ...

maker and

animator An animator is an artist who creates multiple images, known as frames, which give an illusion of movement called animation when displayed in rapid sequence. Animators can work in a variety of fields including film, television, and video gam ...

. He is known for his 1999 short animated film '' The Bats'', which won an Honorable Mention in the

Sundance Film Festival The Sundance Film Festival (formerly Utah/US Film Festival, then US Film and Video Festival) is an annual film festival organized by the Sundance Institute. It is the largest independent film festival in the United States, with more than 46,66 ...

's Short Filmmaking category in 2000. His other films include ''The Fetishist'' (1997) and ''The Moschops'' (2000). He is an associate professor at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago (SAIC), where he has taught since 2000.

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* Living people American experimental filmmakers American animators Columbia University alumni School of the Art Institute of Chicago faculty Year of birth missing (living people) {{Animator-stub