
Corrinne James
Directing
Biography
Corrinne James is a filmmaker, animator, and artist based in Los Angeles. She uses hand-drawn animation techniques to explore themes of guilt, purpose, and jealousy. She also creates music as Naomi Alligator.
Known For

Growing up in post-World War II era Arizona, young Sammy Fabelman aspires to become a filmmaker as he reaches adolescence, but soon discovers a shattering family secret and explores how the power of films can help him see the truth.
The Fabelmans

A life, seen through paper.
Paper Trail

Seb works the graveyard shift at the donut shop and is visited by a ghost from their past.
Donut

A frog morphs through a colorful animated world, transforming into a variety of characters and landscapes. As it’s changing, it catches, throws, and drives a football–weaving through the lyrics of Naomi Alligator’s Concession Stand Girl.
Concession Stand Girl

A brief, colorfully animated satire on modern socio-filmic culture and its primary users. A young cinephile reviews a film on Letterboxd while his girlfriend patiently waits for his attention. She makes an effort to seduce him but he’s preoccupied writing his review on “The Curious Case of Benjamin Button Before.” Before we know it, a demonic alien creature descends from the sky in an effort to woo the unattended damsel, stealing her away from her earthly boyfriend’s film bro obsessions and constantly buzzing fruit flies.
Alien in Love

A colorful animated tale of a one-eyed woman and the guilt she feels after destroying her home planet.