James Herbert (born 1938) is an American painter and filmmaker known for directing a series of music videos for the band R.E.M.
He has also made over forty short films, including John Five (1992) and Jumbo Aqua (2001), and directed four independent features: Scars (1997), Speedy Boys (1998), Rabbit Pix (2005) and Abandoned House (2007).
[2] He studied with the abstract expressionist painter Clyfford Still and the experimental filmmaker Stan Brakhage.
frontman Michael Stipe's art professor when he studied at the University of Georgia.
's earliest music videos, he later cited Herbert as a significant influence on him individually and artistically.