Screenings
Nightcleaners, Ruskin House. London, England. 13 September 2019
Love’s Presentation at Metrograph Theater, New York, New York. July 2019
Richard Hamilton, as part of The Promise of the Screen at Gesellschaft für Aktuelle Kunst, Bremen, Germany. 26 April 2019.
Every Picture Tells A Story, screening at Museum of Orange Heritage, Belfast, Northern Ireland. 28 March 2019
Nightcleaners, Museum Ludwig, Cologne, Germany. 6 February 2019.
Love's Presentation and Richard Hamilton, Hockney/Hamilton Expanded Graphics, Museum Ludwig, Cologne, Germany. 5 February 2019.
Love's Presentation and A Shocking Accident, Sunday Supper and Screening, Vita Art Center, Ventura, California. 22 July 2018.
Love's Presentation and RB Kitaj, Short Films: The School of London, LA Louver, Venice, California. 11 July 2018.
'36 to '77, British Film Institute, London, England. 5 July 2018.
Nightcleaners, Filmfestival Frühjahrsputz Frankfurt, Frankfurt, Germany. 25 May 2018.
Nightcleaners, as part of Film for Friday, in conjunction with Virginia Woolf an Exhibition Inspired by her Writings, Tate St. Ives, Cornwall, England. 23 February - 30 March 2018.
Every Picture Tells A Story and Richard Hamilton, screened in conjunction with the release of a new DVD box set from the BFI, Every Picture Tells a Story - The Art Films of James Scott, BFI Southbank Theatre, London, UK. 16 August 2017.
Every Picture Tells A Story, screened in conjunction with Form, Colour, Space, Eton College, Windsor, UK. 27 January 2017, 24 February 2017.
Richard Hamilton, screened in conjunction with This Was Tomorrow exhibition, Kunstmuseum Wolfsburg, Wolfsburg, Germany. 16 February 2017.
Love's Presentation, Lancaster Museum of Art and History, Lancaster, California. 15 January 2017.
Love's Presentation, Richard Hamilton and RB Kitaj, An Evening with James Scott: Early Films at Night Gallery, Night Gallery, Los Angeles, California. 15 December 2016.
RB Kitaj and A Shocking Accident, James Scott: New Work, Beyond Baroque Literary and Arts Center, Venice, California. 1 October 2016.
Love's Presentation, James Scott: New Work, Beyond Baroque Literary and Arts Center, Venice, California. 10 September 2016.
Nightcleaners, A New Job to Unwork At, organized by Clara Lopez Menendez and Andrew Kachel, Los Angeles Contemporary Exhibitions (LACE), Los Angeles, California. 6 April 2016.
Nightcleaners, Greatest Common Factor, organized by Zeynep Oz, Fol Cinema and SALT Galata, Istanbul, Turkey. 6 February 2016.
Richard Hamilton and The Great Ice Cream Robbery, Getty Research Institute’s Art On Screen series, Getty Museum, Los Angeles, California. 2 December 2015.
Nightcleaners, Light Industry Gallery, Brooklyn, New York. 12 May 2015.
Nightcleaners, All the World’s Futures, program curated by Okwui Enwezor, Venice Biennale, Venice, Italy. 9 May 2015 – 22 November 2015.
Nightcleaners, New Political Cinema series, BFI Southbank Theatre, London, England. 24 April 2015.
Richard Hamilton, International Pop exhibition, Walker Art Center, Minneapolis. 11 April 2015 – 29 August 2015; Minnesota, Dallas Museum of Art, Dallas, Texas. 11 October 2016 – 17 January 2016; Philadelphia Museum of Art, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. 24 February 2016 – 15 May 2016.
Richard Hamilton, History is Now: 7 Artists Take On Britain, Hayward Museum, London, England. 10 February 2015 – 26 April 2015.
Love’s Presentation and Richard Hamilton, Art Gallery of NSW, Sydney, Australia. 14 January 2015.
Richard Hamilton, #Videotapes, online presentation curated by Harun Farocki, Neuer Berliner Kunstverein, Berlin, Germany. June 2014.
Richard Hamilton, Richard Hamilton Retrospective, Tate Modern, London, England. 13 February 2014 – 26 May 2014; Reina Sofia Museum, Madrid, Spain. 27 June 2014 – 13 October 2014.
Love’s Presentation, Richard Hamilton and the Great Ice Cream Robbery, Three Films by James Scott, Light Industry Gallery, Brooklyn, NY. 25 June 2013.
Every Picture Tells A Story, Projecting The Archive series, BFI Southbank Theatre, London, England. 9 May 2013.
Great Ice Cream Robbery, Double Vision 1: A Twin-Projection Compendium, BFI Southbank Theatre, London, England. 24 April 2013.
Filmography
Pete (In Production)
Documentary about Pete Teti
Vanishing Point (In Production)
Narrative Documentary in three parts: Red, Yellow, and Blue (339 mins)
Music by Jim Howard
Fragments 2019
Narrative Documentary (44 min)
Music by Derek Stein
The Last of England as Director 2002
Experimental Short (30 mins)
Companion piece to art installation, Denise Bibro Gallery, NY.
Music by Jim Howard
Loser Takes All (aka Strike It Rich) as Director/Writer 1990
Feature based on the novel by Graham Greene, Produced by Christine Oestreicher
Miramax Films (84 mins)
Starring Molly Ringwald, Robert Lindsay and John Gielgud for Miramax / HBO, USA
Inspector Morse - The Last Enemy (Episode) as Director 1987
Central TV, London. Starring John Thaw and Kevin Whately
Getting Even: A Wimp's Revenge as Director 1986
After-School Special for ABC TV, Network USA. Starring Adolph Caesar, Jon Rothstein, and Marisa Berenson
Samson and Delilah as Co-Producer 1985
Short Film (27 mins), Directed by Mark Peploe, starring Bernard Hill, Lindsay Duncan
National Film Finance Corporation / Flamingo Pictures
Every Picture Tells a Story as Director 1984
Film on Four, Channel Four TV (80 mins)
Produced by Christine Oestreicher, Written by Shane Connaughton
Starring Alex Norton, Phyllis Logan and Natasha Richardson
A Shocking Accident as Director/Writer 1982
Academy Award Winner, Best Live Action Short Film (25 mins)
Produced by Christine Oestreicher
Starring Rupert Everett and Jenny Seagrove - Flamingo Pictures
Couples and Robbers as Co-Producer/Editor 1981
Short Film (29 mins)
Ladd Company / Flamingo Pictures - Academy Award Nominated. Directed by Clare Peploe. Starring Rik Mayall and Frances Low
Chance, History, Art as Director 1980
Documentary (50 mins)
Arts Council of Great Britain / Finestroke - Melbourne, Award Winner
'36 to '77 as Co-Director 1978
Documentary / Feature (85 mins)
Directors Marc Karlin, Jon Sanders, James Scott, Humphry Trevelyan
British Film Institute, London
Coilin and Platonida as Director/Writer 1976
Narrative Feature based on the short story 'Kotin and Platonida' by Nikolai Leskov (85 mins)
ZDF German Television, Das kleine Fernsehspiel (Producer: Eckart Stein), Cologne, Germany
Hajj 75 as Supervising Editor 1975
Documentary / Feature
The Pilgrimage to Mecca, Abdul Aziz University, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia.
Nightcleaners Collective Work 1974
Documentary / Feature 90 mins - Berwick Street Film Collective
Antoni Tàpies as Director 1974
Documentary (Work in Progress)
A film about the Spanish/Catalan artist Antoni Tàpies, which consists of footage shot in Barcelona and interviews between Sir Roland Penrose and the artist.
Adult Fun as Director/Writer 1972
Narrative Feature (99 mins)
Maya Film Productions, London
England's Historic Churches as Director 1972
Documentary (25 mins)
Maya Film Productions for Church Commission
The Great Ice Cream Robbery as Director 1971
Documentary / Double Screen (40 mins)
The artist Claes Oldenburg - Arts Council of Great Britain
Richard Hamilton as Director 1969
Documentary / Short (25 mins)
The artist Richard Hamilton - Arts Council of Great Britain
R.B. Kitaj as Director 1967
Documentary / Short (20 mins)
The artist R.B. Kitaj - Arts Council of Great Britain
Love's Presentation as Director 1966
Documentary (27 mins)
Etching project based on poems by C.P. Cavafy by artist David Hockney and made with the financial assistance of Alan Power.
In Separation as Director/Writer 1965
Experimental short (5 mins)
Written and directed by James Scott
Starring Drewe Henley and Margot Curry, British Film Institute, London
Changes as Producer/Writer 1964
Short
Starring Anthony Hopkins and Jacqueline Pearce
The Sea as Director/Writer 1962
Feature (unfinished), Starring Drewe Henley, Jenny Lousada, Margot Curry
The Rocking Horse as Director/Writer 1962
Short (25 mins)
British Film Institute, Starring Drewe Henley, Jenny Lousada
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Endeavouring to Crack the Morse Code (UK: Lightning Source UK Ltd)
Anfam, David,
Augury essay in A Flock of Birds catalogue (Los Angeles, 2009/Art Ex Ltd)
Armes, Roy.
A Critical History of British Cinema (London: Secker and Warburg, 1978)
Aylett, Holly (Ed.).
Marc Karlin: Look Again (UK: Liverpool University Press, 2015)
Brownlow, Kevin.
How It Happened Here (London: Secker and Warburg/BFI, 1968)
Croall, Jonathan.
Gielgud: A Theatrical Life 1904-2000 (London: Methuen/revised and updated edition)
Curtis, David.
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Dickinson, Margaret.
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(ed: Scott never belonged to the London Filmmakers Co-op as stated on page 51)
Ellis, John (ed.)
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Falk, Quentin.
Anthony Hopkins: The Authorized Biography [1989 paperback] (Interlink Books, New York, 1989)
Hodgson, Clive.
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Frank, Peter,
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Parks, James.
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Scott, James. A Flock of Birds. Introduction by David Anfam, Los Angeles, 2010.
Scott, James. Abstract Drawings, or Nuts and Bolts, (Los Angeles, SWC Editions, 2003)
Scott, James. Cracks (Los Angeles: Fine Arts Printing, 2005)
Scott, James. Hope. Los Angeles, 2016.
Scott, James. “Independent Cinema” in Stills, v.1, n.4, 1982
Scott, James. Some Bigger Ideas. Los Angeles, 2015.
Scott, James.
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Boxes and Windows , selected poems, (Los Angeles: Lettra, 2007)
Stevenson, Randall,
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Resumé
Teaching and lecturing in film
Bath Spa University, Corsham Court, UK (Film Department).
Maidstone College of Art, UK (Film Department).
Royal College of Art, London (Film Department).
National Film School, UK.
University of Southern California (School of Cinema and TV).
Selected prizes and awards
Art Scholar, Bryanston School, 1955
County Scholarship, Slade School of Art, University College, London, 1959
Silver Boomerang, Melbourne, Australia, 1979.
Academy Award (Oscar), Best Short Film, 1983.
Best Newcomer, LA Print Society, Los Angeles, 1995.
Membership of professional bodies
American Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS).
Directors Guild of America (DGA). Directors UK.
Los Angeles Printmakers Society (LAPS).
RB Kitaj Studio Project, Los Angeles, CA. Board member.
Paintings used in movies or theater
Leaving Las Vegas, (Nicholas Cage, Elisabeth Shue, Julian Sands), 1994.
"Epiphany" and "Composition in Grey".
The Twilight of the Golds, Pasadena Playhouse, 1993.
"Clown" and "Burning Building" .
Exhibitions
2019
Films by James Scott, Etchings by David Hockney, Anita Rogers Gallery, New York, New York
Bodies of Work, Bus Projects, Collingwood, Australia.
Hockney/Hamilton Expanded Graphics, Museum Ludwig, Cologne, Germany.
2018
Of a Feather: Birds in Art, Annmarie Sculpture Garden & Arts Center, Lowell, MD
Little Britain, Vita Art Center, Ventura, CA
Dépayser, Alliance Française de Pasadena, Pasadena, CA
2017
British Invasion, Lancaster Museum of Art and History (MOAH), Lancaster, CA
Casos De Estudio: Richard Hamilton, Instituit Valencià d’Art Modern, Valencià, Spain
This Was Tomorrow: Pop Art in Great Britain, Kunstmusem Wolfsburg, Wolfsburg, Germany
2016
James Scott: New Work, Mike Kelley Art Gallery at Beyond Baroque Literary and Arts Center, Venice, CA
13 February 2016 – 13 April 2016
Mike Todd Sculpture // James Scott Painting, Molly Barnes Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
2015
London Transplants (group show in conjunction with LA Brit Week), Wallspace Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
Massive, Brilliant, Mint (group show by SoCal members of the British Diaspora), Long Beach City College Art Gallery, Long Beach, CA
2014
Slightly Salacious (group show curated by Molly Barnes), West LA College Fine Arts Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
2005
Crack/s, Lawrence Asher Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
2003
Flowers of the Heart, O'Neill, Lysaght & Sun, Santa Monica
2002
The Last of England, Denise Bibro Fine Art, New York City
2002
Hollywood Suite Paintings, O'Neill, Lysaght & Sun, Santa Monica
2001
Safe Release, Don O'Melveny Gallery, West Hollywood, CA
1998
BGH, Santa Monica, CA
1997
Jayne Behman Gallery, Palm Springs, CA
Juried Exhibition, Barnsdall Park Art Center, Los Angeles, CA
Beyond Boundaries, Richmond Art Center
1996
Art Works 96, Los Angeles, CA
Cynthia's, Los Angeles, CA
Visual Arts Alliance, Houston, Texas
New Arts Program, Lehigh Valley, Pennsylvania
1995
LAPS, New Members Show, CA (award winner)
1994
Direct Art, Scottfree, Paintings, drawings and prints, Santa Monica, CA
Paper Presence, Jan Abrams Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
1993
Paintings and drawings, Drawing Room Gallery, Santa Monica, CA
1992
Paintings, Drawing Room Gallery, Santa Monica, CA
1990
Berkeley Square Gallery, (group show with Francis Bacon), London
1962
Arts Council of Great Britain Touring exhibition (selected works from the Young Contemporaries)
Young Contemporaries Exhibition, Painting and sculpture, London