James Smith
Director / Animator / Writer
James Smith
Director / Animator / Writer
It’s simply amazing to create a frame by frame animation and then watch it come to life.
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James Smith, born on March 20th 1996, is a filmmaker with a passion for stop motion animated films. He's been creating stop motion films for over ten years. His award-winning short films Monster Encounters (2020) and Demons in the Closet (2023) have been screened at over 100 international film festivals. Festival screenings for his films include festivals like Slamdance, Fantastic Fest, Tampere Film Festival and many more. His dedicated passion for genre films continues with his 2025 stop motion film „Cosmic Crash“.
Filmography
  • Animator (5 Credits)
    Cosmic Crash2025
    Animation, Short
    Demons in the Closet2023
    Animation, Short
    Animals Habitat2020
    Animation, Short
    Eye2020
    Animation, Short
    Monster Encounters2020
    Animation, Short
  • Writer (5 Credits)
    Cosmic Crash2025
    Animation, Short
    Demons in the Closet2023
    Animation, Short
    Animals Habitat2020
    Animation, Short
    Eye2020
    Animation, Short
    Monster Encounters2020
    Animation, Short
  • Director (5 Credits)
    Cosmic Crash2025
    Animation, Short
    Demons in the Closet2023
    Animation, Short
    Animals Habitat2020
    Animation, Short
    Eye2020
    Animation, Short
    Monster Encounters2020
    Animation, Short
152 Awards & Selections
Official Selection
Cosmic Crash
London Short Film Festival
London
2026
Official Selection
Cosmic Crash
Fantaspoa
Porto Alegre
2026
Official Selection
Cosmic Crash
Dallas International Film Festival
Dallas
2026
Official Selection
Cosmic Crash
Screams By The Sea
Bournemouth
2026
Official Selection
Cosmic Crash
Landshut Short Film Festival
Landshut
2026
Official Selection
Cosmic Crash
Framed International Animation Film Festival
Groningen
2026
Official Selection
Cosmic Crash
Cabane A Sang
Montreal
2026
Official Selection
Cosmic Crash
Animest
Bucharest
2025
Nominee - Best Animation
Cosmic Crash
Edinburgh Short Film Festival
Edinburgh
2025
Official Selection
Cosmic Crash
Ramaskrik
Oppdal
2025
Official Selection
Cosmic Crash
Panic Fest
North Kansas City
2025
Official Selection
Cosmic Crash
Sydney Underground Film Festival
Sydney
2025
Official Selection
Cosmic Crash
Haapsalu Horror and Fantasy Film Festival
Haapsalu
2025
Official Selection
Cosmic Crash
Abertoir Horror Festival
Aberystwyth
2025
Official Selection
Cosmic Crash
Maryland Film Fest
Baltimore
2025
Official Selection
Cosmic Crash
Uppsala Short Film Festival
Uppsala
2025
Official Selection
Cosmic Crash
Imagine Fantastic Film Festival
Amsterdam
2025
Official Selection
Cosmic Crash
FilmQuest
Provo, Utah
2025
Official Selection
Cosmic Crash
Strasbourg European Fantastic Film Festival
Strasbourg
2025
Audience Award for Best Short Film
Cosmic Crash
HARD:LINE International Film Festival
Regensburg
2025
Official Selection
Cosmic Crash
Screamfest Horror Film Festival
Los Angeles
2025
Official Selection
Cosmic Crash
SXSW London
London
2025
Official Selection
Cosmic Crash
Brussels International Fantastic Film Festival
Brussels
2025
Official Selection
Cosmic Crash
Fantastic Fest
Austin
2025
Official Selection
Cosmic Crash
Six Feet Under Horror Fest
Colorado Springs
2025
Official Selection
Cosmic Crash
Braunschweig International Film Festival
Braunschweig
2025
Official Selection
Cosmic Crash
Europäisches Filmfestival Göttingen
Göttingen
2025
Official Selection
Cosmic Crash
FOGFEST Horror Film Festival
Newfoundland
2025
Official Selection
Cosmic Crash
Monsters Fantastic Film Festival
Taranto
2025
Official Selection
Cosmic Crash
Hellifax Horror Fest
Halifax
2025
Official Selection
Cosmic Crash
Spookfest
San Francisco
2025
Official Selection
Cosmic Crash
HorrorConUK
Rotherham
2025
Official Selection
Cosmic Crash
Ravenheart International Film Festival
Oslo
2025
Official Selection
Cosmic Crash
GenreBlast
Winchester, Virginia
2025
Official Selection
Cosmic Crash
Bundesfestival junger Film
St. Ingbert
2025
Official Selection
Cosmic Crash
TOHorror
Torino
2025
Official Selection
Cosmic Crash
Braunschweig International Film Festival
Braunschweig
2025
Official Selection
Cosmic Crash
Monster Fest
Melbourne
2025
Official Selection
Cosmic Crash
Feratum Film Fest
Mexico City
2025
Official Selection
Cosmic Crash
Fest Anča International Animation Festival
Žilina
2025
Official Selection
Demons in the Closet
Dead Northern Horror Film Festival
York
2024
Official Selection
Demons in the Closet
Ravenheart International Film Festival
Oslo
2024
Official Selection
Demons in the Closet
Film Maudit 2.0
Santa Monica
2024
Official Selection
Demons in the Closet
Cabane A Sang
Montreal
2024
Official Selection
Demons in the Closet
Indie Street Film Festival
New Jersey
2024
Official Selection
Demons in the Closet
Panama Horror Film Festival
2024
Official Selection
Demons in the Closet
Toronto International Spring of Horror and Fantasy Film Festival
Toronto
2024
Official Selection
Demons in the Closet
Toronto Indie Horror Festival
Toronto
2024
Offical Selection
Demons in the Closet
London Short Film Festival
London
2024
Official Selection
Demons in the Closet
HÕFF - Haapsalu Horror and Fantasy Film Festival
Haapsalu
2024
Official Selection
Demons in the Closet
Kurzfilmwoche Regensburg
Regensburg
2024
Preis für den schrägsten aller Filme
Demons in the Closet
Bundesfestival Junger Film
St. Ingbert
2024
Official Selection
Demons in the Closet
Fest Anča
Žilina
2024
Official Selection
Demons in the Closet
Randfilmfest
Kassel
2024
Official Selection
Demons in the Closet
shnit Worldwide Shortfilmfestival
San José
2024
Official Selection
Demons in the Closet
Cryptshow Festival
Barcelona
2024
Official Selection
Demons in the Closet
Cine Underground
Busto Arsizio
2024
Official Selection
Demons in the Closet
Montevideo Fantástico
2024
Official Selection
Demons in the Closet
Festival of Nations
Lenzing
2024
Official Selection
Demons in the Closet
Obscura Filmfestival
Berlin
2024
Official Selection
Demons in the Closet
Shortynale Filmfestival Klosterneuburg
Klosterneuburg
2024
Official Selection
Demons in the Closet
Tampere Film Festival
Tampere
2024
Official Selection
Demons in the Closet
Slamdance Film Festival
Park City
2024
Official Selection
Demons in the Closet
Uppsala Short Film Festival
Uppsala
2023
Official Selection
Demons in the Closet
LUSCA Fantastic Film Fest
San Juan
2023
Official Selection
Demons in the Closet
Ramaskrik
Oppdal
2023
Official Selection
Demons in the Closet
Fantastic Fest
Austin, Texas
2023
Official Selection
Demons in the Closet
Braunschweig International Film Festival
Braunschweig
2023
Special Mention
Demons in the Closet
TOHorror Fantastic Film Fest
Torino
2023
Official Selection
Demons in the Closet
Animest
Bucharest
2023
Official Selection
Demons in the Closet
Curtas Festival do Imaxinario
Vilagarcía de Arousa, Galicia
2023
Official Selection
Demons in the Closet
FilmQuest
Provo, Utah
2023
Official Selection
Demons in the Closet
Court Métrange Film Festival
Rennes
2023
Official Selection
Demons in the Closet
Morbido Fest
Mexico City
2023
Official Selection
Demons in the Closet
BaiDeFest
Roses, Girona
2023
Official Selection
Demons in the Closet
Spook Screen
Cork, Ireland
2023
Official Selection
Demons in the Closet
Spooky Empire's International Horror Film Festival
Orlando, Florida
2023
Official Selection
Demons in the Closet
Obskuur Ghent Film Festival
Ghent
2023
Official Selection
Demons in the Closet
Buffalo Dreams Fantastic Film Festival
New York
2023
Official Selection
Demons in the Closet
Midsummer Scream Halloween and Horror Convention
Los Angeles
2023
Official Selection
Demons in the Closet
Spookfest
San Francisco
2023
Official Selection
Demons in the Closet
Fantosfreak
Cerdanyola del Vallès
2023
Official Selection
Demons in the Closet
HorrorConUK
Rotherham
2023
Official Selection
Demons in the Closet
GenreBlast
Winchester, VA
2023
Official Selection
Animals Habitat
Palm Springs Animation Festival
Cathedral City, California
2022
Official Selection
Monster Encounters
Panama Horror Film Fest
Panama City
2022
Official Selection
Monster Encounters
Fest Anča International Animation Festival
Žilina
2022
Official Selection
Monster Encounters
Indy Film Fest
Indianapolis
2022
Official Selection
Monster Encounters
Macabre Faire Film Festival
Hendersonville
2022
Official Selection
Monster Encounters
Celluloid Screams Horror Film Festival
Sheffield
2022
Official Selection
Monster Encounters
Brussels Independent Film Festival
Brussels
2022
Official Selection
Monster Encounters
FiSH - Filmfestival im Stadthafen Rostock
Rostock
2022
Official Selection
Monster Encounters
Festival of Nations
Lenzing
2022
Official Selection
Monster Encounters
Midsummer Scream Halloween and Horror Convention
Los Angeles
2022
Official Selection
Monster Encounters
Sydney World Film Festival
Sydney
2022
Official Selection
Monster Encounters
Kurzfilmwoche Regensburg
Regensburg
2022
Official Selection
Monster Encounters
GenreBlast Film Fest
Winchester
2022
Official Selection
Animals Habitat
Ecozine Film Festival
Zaragoza
2022
Official Selection
Animals Habitat
Colorado Environmental Film Festival
Colorado
2022
Official Selection
Animals Habitat
Vaasa Wildlife Festival
Vaasa
2022
Official Selection
Monster Encounters
Crystal Palace International Film Festival
London
2022
Official Selection
Eye
FIXION Fest, Fantastic & Horror Film Festival
Santiago
2021
Official Selection
Monster Encounters
HorrorHound Film Festival
Milford, Ohio
2021
Official Selection
Monster Encounters
TOHorror Fantastic Film Fest
Torino
2021
Official Selection
Monster Encounters
Morbido Fest
Mexico City
2021
Official Selection
Monster Encounters
FilmQuest
Provo, Utah
2021
Official Selection
Animals Habitat
Oakville Festivals of Film & Art
Oakville
2021
Official Selection
Animals Habitat
International Nature Film Festival Gödöllő
Gödöllő
2021
Official Selection
Monster Encounters
Linoleum Contemporary Animation and Media Art Festival
Kyiv
2021
Offical Selection
Monster Encounters
Feratum International Fantastic Film Festival
Mexico City
2021
Winner - Best One Minute Short
Monster Encounters
South African HorrorFest
Cape Town
2021
Official Selection
Animals Habitat
CineEco
Seia
2021
Official Selection
Animals Habitat
Festival de Cinema de Alter do Chão
Santarém
2021
Official Selection
Animals Habitat
Green Screen Environmental Film Festival
Port of Spain
2021
2nd place Audience Award
Animals Habitat
Harzmovienale
Quedlinburg
2021
Official Selection
Animals Habitat
International Short Film Festival Detmold
Detmold
2021
Official Selection
Animals Habitat
Caselle Film Festival
Salerno
2021
Official Selection
Animals Habitat
Papaya Rocks Film Festival
London
2021
Official Selection
Animals Habitat
Kurzfilmwettbewerb Göttingen
Göttingen
2021
Finalist
Animals Habitat
The Roughcut 60 Second Film Challenge
2021
Official Selection
Animals Habitat
Minute Madness Toronto
Toronto
2021
Official Selection
Animals Habitat
Independent Days International Filmfestival
Karlsruhe
2021
Official Selection
Monster Encounters
Festival Boca do Inferno
São Paulo
2021
Official Selection
Monster Encounters
Weird Wednesday 0711
Stuttgart
2021
Official Selection
Monster Encounters
Grindsploitation Film Fest
Winchester
2021
Official Selection
Monster Encounters
Obskuur Ghent Film Festival
Ghent
2021
Official Selection
Monster Encounters
Dead And SudBuried Horrorthon
Sudbury
2021
Official Selection
Monster Encounters
Fangofest Amposta
Amposta
2021
Official Selection
Monster Encounters
Happenstance Horror Fest
Haverhill, Massachusetts
2021
Official Selection
Monster Encounters
Threadbare Mitten Film Festival
Lansing, Michigan
2021
Official Selection
Monster Encounters
Nieve Roja - International Horror Film Festival
El Bolsón
2021
Official Selection
Monster Encounters
Spooky Empire’s International Horror Film Festival
Orlando, Florida
2021
Official Selection
Monster Encounters
Santiago Horror Film Festival
Santiago
2021
Official Selection
Monster Encounters
Ramaskrik Film Festival
Oppdal
2021
Official Selection
Monster Encounters
HorrorFest International
St. George, Utah
2021
Official Selection
Monster Encounters
Anomaly - The Rochester Genre Film Festival
Rochester, New York
2021
Official Selection
Monster Encounters
Boston Short Film Festival
Boston, Massachusetts
2021
Official Selection
Monster Encounters
Mad Monster Party Film Festival
Concord, North Carolina
2021
Finalist - Best Animation
Monster Encounters
Spook Screen
Cork
2021
Official Selection
Monster Encounters
Atlanta Horror Film Festival
Atlanta, Georgia
2021
Official Selection
Monster Encounters
Warsaw Animation Film Festival
Warsaw
2021
Official Selection
Monster Encounters
Knoxville Horror Film Fest
Knoxville, Tennessee
2021
Official Selection
Monster Encounters
90 Second Horror Challenge
Basildon
2020
Winner
Animals Habitat
Sweden Film Awards
Stockholms län
2020
Semi-Finalist
Animals Habitat
Serbest International Film Festival
Kishinev
Finalist
Monster Encounters
Hollywood Horrorfest
Los Angeles, CA
Official Selection
Cosmic Crash
Panama Horror Film Fest
Panama
Winner
Cosmic Crash
Grindhouse Planet Film Festival
Leicester
Nominee
Cosmic Crash
Buried Alive Film Fest
Atlanta
Official Selection
Cosmic Crash
Lusca Fantastic Film Fest
San Juan
Official Selection
Eye
NOX FILM FEST
Salto
Official Selection
Demons in the Closet
Boston Underground Film Festival
Boston
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Personal Details
Birth Date
March 20, 1996
Birth City
Hannover
Hometown
Hannover
Gender
Male
Eye Color
Blue
Zodiac Sign
Pisces
It’s simply amazing to create a frame by frame animation and then watch it come to life.
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