James N. Kienitz Wilkins is an American filmmaker, artist, and writer based in Brooklyn, New York. He is best known for his films Public Hearing (2012), Common Carrier (2019), Still Film (2023) and The Misconceived (2026). He is assistant professor of Screen Studies at Eugene Lang College of Liberal Arts, The New School.
Kienitz Wilkins graduated from The Cooper Union School of Art, where he made early short films including Springtime (2007) and Nature Mature (2007). His debut feature documentary, Public Hearing (2012), premiered at . His works have screened at the Berlin International Film Festival, Toronto International Film Festival, New York Film Festival, and International Film Festival Rotterdam. In 2016, he was named one of Filmmaker Magazines "25 New Faces of Independent Film".
Kienitz Wilkins's most recent feature, The Misconceived (2026), had its world premiere at the International Film Festival Rotterdam.