James MacSwain

James MacSwain was born in Atlantic Canada in amherst, Nova Scotia. he received a B.A. in english from Mount Allison University, and a B. A. n Drama Studies from the University of Alberta in Edmonton. After travelling and living in Europe, he settledin halifax, where he began a career in theatre and arts administration. Since 1980 he has been working in film and video, receiving Canada council, Ontario Arts council and nova Scotia Arts Council grants as a media artist. At present he teaches a filmmaking credit course co-sponsored by the nova Scotia college of Art and Design (NSCAD) and the Atlantic Filmmaker cooperative, as well as teaching animation in the public school system and in the artist-run centres. He is a former board member of the Nova Scotia Arts Council, the Independent Film& Video Alliance, and the Canadian conference of the Arts (CCA) as the representative for Nova Scotia.