Jim Trainor Explained

Jim Trainor
Birth Name:James Trainor
Birth Date:[1]
Nationality:American
Education:Columbia University (BA)[2]

James Trainor is an American experimental filmmaker and animator. He is known for his 1999 short animated film The Bats,[3] which won an Honorable Mention in the Sundance Film Festival's Short Filmmaking category in 2000.[4] His other films include The Fetishist (1997) and The Moschops (2000).[5]

He is an associate professor at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago (SAIC), where he has taught since 2000.

Notes and References

  1. 2000. Center . Center: A Journal of the Literary Arts. 1–3. 132, 207 .
  2. Web site: Jim Trainor – SAIC Faculty Sabbatical Exhibit. School of the Art Institute of Chicago. November 2, 2023.
  3. Book: da Costa. Beatriz. Philip. Kavita. 2010. Tactical Biopolitics: Art, Activism, and Technoscience. MIT Press. 72. 978-0262514910.
  4. Web site: 2000 Sundance Film Festival Awards. History.Sundance.org. Sundance Film Festival. November 2, 2023. https://web.archive.org/web/20231102220107/https://history.sundance.org/events/35. November 2, 2023. live.
  5. Web site: Trainor's Simple Animation Belies Masterful Storytelling. Petrakis. John. June 16, 2000. Chicago Tribune. November 2, 2023.