James Franco is a multi-talented actor, director, author, and artist. Milk, Pineapple Express, Howl, and 127 Hours are among his film credits, with the last earning him an Academy Award nomination for Best Actor. His work has appeared in Esquire, Vanity Fair, N+1, The Wall Street Journal, and McSweeney's, and he is the author of the collection Palo Alto. Franco's work has been shown at the Museum of Contemporary Art in Los Angeles, the Museum of Modern Art's PS1 in New York, the Clocktower Gallery in New York, and the Peres Projects in Berlin, among other places. He currently resides in New York City.