James Kerwin, Date of Birth, Place of Birth

James Kerwin

director, Public Lecturer

Date of Birth: 13-Oct-1973

Place of Birth: St. Louis, Missouri, United States

Profession: film director, theater director

Nationality: United States

Zodiac Sign: Libra

James Kerwin, (born October 13, 1973) is an American film writer/director and theatre director. Kerwin, who was born in St.
Louis, Missouri, attended Parkway Central High School in Chesterfield, Missouri, has been noted for his Shakespearean adaptations of A Midsummer Night's Dream, Cardenio and Venus and Adonis.
In 2003 he staged Amber Benson's play Albert Hall in Los Angeles, California.
In the early 2000s he was a frequent guest director for Daniel Henning and Noah Wyle's Blank Theatre Company and for Travis Schuldt's Lone Star Ensemble.
Other projects include the "sci-fi noir" film Yesterday Was a Lie with Kipleigh Brown and Chase Masterson, which earned a number of prizes on the film festival circuit in 2008 and 2009.
He and Brown again collaborated on Star Trek Continues, on which Kerwin served as writer/director from 2014-2017. Kerwin graduated with a film degree from Texas Christian University in 1995 and a minor in astronomy and physics.
He served as a lab instructor and guest artist at T.C.U.
and the University of Texas at Austin.
Kerwin is a member of Phi Beta Kappa and Mensa, and is a Fellow of the Royal Society of Arts.Kerwin's nieces—Elara and Rhea Kerwin—portrayed Summer Newman on The Young and the Restless.