James Cocks, Architecture '03, has a background in model making and 3-D computer animation. Last Summer he worked on two feature films at New Deal Studios in Los Angeles: "The Core" and "Looney Tunes: Back in Action", and over the past year he worked on two student films at Yale as visual effects coordinator (Daniel Persitz's "YSO Halloween Show") and as production designer (Steve Edell's "Numb"). He has also created mini-documentaries of architects and campus architecture for the Yale School of Architecture.

James Cocks was awarded a Yale Mobile Media Grant this past summer to direct a documentary, "Hammer and Cycle: The Habitat for Humanity Bicycle Challenge Documentary", which follows four riders participating in The Habitat Bicycle Challenge, a two-month-long cross-country cycling odyssey that shares Habitat for Humanity's mission to eliminate poverty housing.

In addition to the full 27-minute documentary film, two other versions are also in production, a 7-minute promotional piece to be used by Habitat for Humanity, and a 30-second Public Service Announcement to be broadcast nationally on commercial networks.

To learn more about Habitat Bicycle Challenge Documentary and Habitat for Humanity, please visit the Documentary website: http://www.bicyclechallenge.org