Jim Hemphill, Date of Birth, Place of Birth

    

Jim Hemphill

filmmaker

Date of Birth: 06-Dec-1971

Place of Birth: Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States

Profession: screenwriter, film director, critic

Nationality: United States

Zodiac Sign: Sagittarius


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About Jim Hemphill

  • Jim Hemphill (born December 6, 1971) is an American filmmaker and film historian.
  • He began his career writing about film in publications including the Chicago Reader, Film Quarterly and the American Cinematographer magazine.
  • In 2005, he directed the independent horror film Bad Reputation, which won multiple awards at film festivals including Shriekfest, the Chicago Horror Film Festival and the Weekend of Fear in Erlangen, Germany.
  • In 2012, he directed The Trouble with the Truth, an award-winning independent film starring Lea Thompson and John Shea.
  • He works for the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences as a visual historian, and has contributed audio commentaries to over a dozen Blu-rays.
  • In 2019 he published his first book, The Art and Craft of TV Directing: Conversations with Episodic Television Directors, from Focal Press.

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