James Tralie

James Tralie is a TV/film producer, animator, and live TV host at NASA. He leads scripting, production, direction, editing, animation, and distribution of TV shows, feature films, podcasts, AR/VR/360 media, outreach materials, environment art/concepts, and digital content for NASA's flagship platforms - engaging over 200 million followers with his content. He directs live TV coverage for spacecraft launches and major scientific discoveries as a host in front of the camera and as a producer, reaching audiences of over 10 million live viewers. His latest productions have aired on PBS, Prime Video, Delta Airlines in-flight Entertainment, Hulu, and at film festivals around the world. He is an Emmy winner and 10-time Webby Award winner. His most recent feature length film about the James Webb Space Telescope, "Cosmic Dawn," was acquired by Giant Pictures for distribution on Prime Video, Tribeca Films, Drafthouse Films, and at over 150 planetariums, museums, and educational institutions around the world. He is one of the top digital artists in the world and has exhibited worldwide including in Times Square New York, at the Met Gala, on the Sphere in Las Vegas, at Shibuya Crossing in Japan, in Abu Dhabi, Art Basel Miami, and in Montreal. His client list includes companies such as Nissan, Porsche, Apple, Adobe, NVIDIA, HP, Dell, NBA, Taco Bell, Fox, Facebook, Bombay Sapphire, Marriott, Warner Music, Zara, Paramount, Martha Stewart, and more. He scaled his personal social media accounts to over 700K followers with over 5 million monthly impressions. He is a member of the Television Academy and graduate of Princeton University, where he majored in Geosciences with minors in French and Environmental Studies. He is a Scholastic Art & Writing Gold Key winner, YoungArts Alumnus, was an official selection for the SIGGRAPH Computer Animation Festival, and was invited to the White House to meet President Obama as part of the White House Student Film Festival.