詹姆斯•卡斯威尔负责一家独立动画及真人特效设计服务公司的运营，业务包括传统手绘、数字合成故事板及产品效果设计。作为一个设计师和插画家，他一直为多个领域工作：视觉特效，摄影摄像，电视系列节目和广告。他是一个自由职业者，同时还是一名导演，制片，特效设计师，角色设计师和故事版创作者。而他的创作项目涵盖了传统的2D，定格动画，特效和电脑动画。
    詹姆斯拥有设计学士学位：从安大略省艺术与设计学院的插画与艺术学士学位：瑞尔森大学的传媒生产硕士学位。
    他的客户包括：Nelvana/ Corus公司，Cuppa咖啡动画，迪斯尼电视动画。他曾与业界众多著名人物都有合作，并坚持独立的工作室从而继续独立创作和开发项目。
“白杨奖”动画类评委会委员 
大师课程-《谢里丹学院动画短片制作流程》 演讲嘉宾

James Caswell operates a freelance production service doing animation & live action/ effects design with an emphasis on storyboards, both traditional and digital. As a designer/illustrator, he has worked on a variety of projects: features, direct to video, series television and commercials. He works as a freelancer or as a team member as a director, producer, effects designer, character designer or storyboard artist. His projects cover a gamut of traditional 2D, stop motion, special effects and computer based animation.
    James holds a Bachelor of Design: Illustration from the Ontario College of Art and Design and a Master of Arts: Media Production from Ryerson University.
    His clients include Nelvana /Corus, Cuppa Coffee Animation, and Walt Disney Television Animation. He has worked with a number of famous characters in animation and continues to develop and illustrate on projects for independent production and studios.
 “White Poplar Award”Animation Final Jury member
Master Class -- <The Pipeline of Student Film Production of Sheridan>
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