James Kerwin

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Biography

In addition to numerous film festival grand jury prizes, Kerwin's work has earned distinctions such as the Webby, the Geekie, Accolade Awards, Telly Awards, the Axiem, the Panavision New Filmmaker Grant, and the R.C. Norris Screenwriting Award. He was named "Best Director" and "Best Screenwriter" by New York Visionfest for "Yesterday Was a Lie," his feature film debut from Entertainment One. Kerwin's live stage credits range from classical to modern. He was listed among the Los Angeles Times' "Faces to Watch" as part of the Lone Star Ensemble theatre group, and has frequently directed for Noah Wyle's Blank Theatre Company. Kerwin's directing has been honored by critic Paul Birchall for two consecutive years in Back Stage Magazine's "Best of the Year" list. His work has been cited by scholarly organizations and journals such as the Shakespeare Association of America and Shakespeare Newsletter. Kerwin is a member of Mensa, and a Fellow of the Royal Society of Arts.

  • Aliases
  • Jim Kerwin
  • Primary profession
  • Writer·director·producer
  • Country
  • United States
  • Nationality
  • American
  • Gender
  • Male
  • Birth date
  • 13 October 1973
  • Place of birth
  • St. Louis
  • Education
  • Texas Christian University
  • Knows language
  • English language·Japanese language

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Directed for Travis Schuldt s Lone Star Ensemble and Noah Wyle s Blank theater companies.

(April 2010) Provided audio commentary for the DVD release of his film "Yesterday Was a Lie" along with Chase Masterson and Kipleigh Brown.

(March 2008) Premiered his film "Yesterday Was a Lie" with Chase Masterson, John Newton and Peter Mayhew at OmegaCon.

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