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James Kicklighter (born June 26, 1988) is an American film director, producer, and writer from Bellville, Georgia .[1] [2]
Early life and education [ edit ]
Kicklighter's hometown is in Bellville, Georgia .[2] [3] His father died from SARS when he was 12 years old.[2] [4] He graduated from Georgia Southern University with a degree in Public Relations.[1] [2]
He began his career at 18, as co-executive producer[5] of That Guy: The Legacy of Dub Taylor ,[6] interviewing actress Dixie Carter , rocker John Mellencamp , director David Zucker , and actor Buck Taylor .[7] [8]
During his studies at Georgia Southern University , he collaborated with another student to film a documentary about the Golden Age of Radio for the Broadcast Education Association.[9] [10] While directing the film that became Theater of the Mind , he met Edith Ivey, who starred in his short film, The Car Wash .[11]
The Car Wash won the Audience Choice Award at the National Film Festival for Talented Youth.[12] [13]
His short film Followed ,[14] based on the story by Will McIntosh , received an Audience Choice Award at the 2011 National Film Festival for Talented Youth,[15] and was screened by Dragon Con , The Rome International Film Festival, Garden State Film Festival and Central Florida Festival, with international press coverage.[16] [17]
His 2012 film Final Acts was a finalist in the Macon Shorts Competition, part of the Gateway Macon Initiative. The film won Grand Prize.[18]
His first feature film was the international crossover Desires of the Heart , which was produced by Jitenda Mishra [19] [20] and shot in Savannah, Georgia and Rajasthan, India in 2012.[2] [21] [22] It was screened at film festivals in 2013 and 2014 including the Cannes Film Festival .[23] The film was released in theaters across India in November 2015.[24] [25] It received award for Best Foreign Film at the La Femme Festival in Los Angeles.[26] [27] [28]
In 2015, he released the documentary A Few Things About Cancer .[29] The film won Best Short Documentary at the 2015 FirstGlance Los Angeles Film Festival.[30]
His music video "Branches" for solo artist Shel Bee won Best Music Video at the 2016 Garden State Film Festival[31]
After the 2016 Garden State Film Festival, Kicklighter directed the documentary Digital Edition , a profile on the future of journalism framed through The Atlanta Journal-Constitution .[32] [33] [26] [34] He was inspired to film the project after receiving an email from Bert Roughton, Jr., Senior Managing Editor of The Atlanta Journal-Constitution.[35]
He was the Virginia filmmaker for Hillary Clinton 's 2016 presidential campaign.[36] [37] [38] He filmed content for the campaign with public figures such as Michelle Kwan .[38] He decided to direct the film The American Question after observing politics and voting during the campaign.[2]
In 2017, he directed Angel of Anywhere , starring Briana Evigan , Ser'Darius Blain , David A. Gregory , and Axel Roldos.[39] [40] The project was a collaboration was a collaboration with director of photography Jonathan Pope.[41] [42]
He spoke about his start in filmmaking at the Directors Guild of America [43] and the importance of networking [44] in March 2018.
Kicklighter directed the feature documentary The Sound of Identity, profiling Lucia Lucas 's performance of Don Giovanni at the Tulsa Opera for 2021 release.[45] [35] [46] It received a rating of 91% on the review aggregator site Rotten Tomatoes .[47]
Kicklighter is set to direct a biopic about athlete and coach Erk Russell ,[48] [49] [50] who revived the football program at Georgia Southern University .[51]
Personal life [ edit ]
Bag company JAMAH named The Kicklighter bag in his honor.[52] He currently resides in Los Angeles, California.[53]
Filmography [ edit ]
References [ edit ]
^ a b c "Award-Winning Filmmaker James Kicklighter Directs Documentary "The Sound of Identity" " . ProductionHUB.com . 13 August 2021. Retrieved 2022-03-29 .
^ "Meet James Kicklighter | Film Director" . SHOUTOUT LA . 2020-10-12. Retrieved 2022-03-29 .
^ a b "Video biography of character film actor premiers at museum | The Augusta Chronicle" . Chronicle.augusta.com . Retrieved 2016-09-26 .
^ a b "Archive.is" . Archived from the original on 2012-08-02.
^ "February/March 2011 by Macon Magazine" . Issuu.com . 27 January 2011. Retrieved 2016-09-26 .
^ "NFFTY 2010 on Vimeo" . Vimeo.com . 2010-08-12. Retrieved 2016-09-26 .
^ "AFTRA Atlanta Members Interviewed for Student Doc" . AFTRA Magazine . AFTRA . Spring 2009. Retrieved April 11, 2012 .
^ "Archive.org" . Archived from the original on 2011-07-15.
^ McDougald, Mike (9 October 2010). "Southeast Georgians cross paths in a small world" . Northwest Georgia News . Retrieved 2022-03-29 .
^ a b "National Film Festival for Talented Youth" . Short Film Central. Retrieved 2016-09-26 .
^ "Our Organization" . Nffty.org . Archived from the original on 2016-09-23. Retrieved 2016-09-26 .
^ "Zombies take over as movie begins filming in Macon | The Telegraph" . Macon.com . 2010-12-12. Retrieved 2016-09-26 .
^ "NFFTY 2011 Award Winners" . Nffty.org . Archived from the original on 2016-10-08. Retrieved 2016-09-26 .
^ "AICN HORROR looks at new horrors: FOLLOWED Short Film! CANNIBAL: THE MUSICAL 13th (or so)" . Aintitcool.com . Retrieved 2016-09-26 .
^ "Might of the Living Dead | Georgia Music" . Georgiamusicmag.com . Retrieved 2016-09-26 .
^ "Archive.org" . Archived from the original on 2012-03-27.
^ OdAdmin (2022-03-21). "Jitendra Mishra selected Jury for Japan's largest film festival – KINEKO 2022" . Odisha News | Odisha Breaking News | Latest Odisha News . Retrieved 2022-03-29 .
^ "Odisha-born producer Jitendra Mishra to promote ten films at Cannes fest" . The Indian Express . 2015-05-12. Retrieved 2022-03-29 .
^ Ford, Rebecca (13 August 2012). " 'All My Children's' Alicia Minshew Nabs Lead in 'Desires of the Heart' (Exclusive)" . The Hollywood Reporter . Retrieved 2016-09-26 .
^ "US actors to shoot in India" . Timesofindia.indiatimes.com . 2012-09-22. Retrieved 2016-09-26 .
^ "Rajesh Rathi's 'Desires of the Heart' travels to Cannes Film Festival" . The Indian Express . 2014-05-14. Retrieved 2022-03-29 .
^ "Desires of the Heart Releasing on 6th Nov in India" . Enewsodia.com . Retrieved 2016-09-26 .
^ "Odisha-born producer's Hollywood film 'Desires of the Heart' released" . In.news.yahoo.com . 2015-11-06. Retrieved 2016-09-26 .
^ a b c "The Independent Critic - "Digital Edition" Follows the Changing World of Journalism" . theindependentcritic.com . Retrieved 2016-05-19 .
^ "Desires of the Heart review (2015)" . Retrieved 2022-03-29 .
^ Tilby, Darren (2019-06-08). "Desires of the Heart review" . UK Film Review . Retrieved 2022-03-29 .
^ "Archive.org" . Archived from the original on 2015-03-13.
^ "2015 Los Angeles Award Winners – FirstGlance Film Festival" . Firstglancefilms.com . 2014-06-20. Archived from the original on 2016-04-20. Retrieved 2016-09-26 .
^ a b "Garden State Film Festival 2016 Winners" . Broadwayworld.com . Retrieved 2016-09-26 .
^ a b "Shorts: Digital Edition (2016) | Crushed Celluloid" . crushedcelluloid.com . Retrieved 2016-05-19 .
^ a b "Digital Edition (2016) short film review" . screencritix.com . Retrieved 2016-05-19 .
^ a b "Digital Edition" . indyred . Retrieved 2016-05-19 .
^ a b c BWW News Desk. "LUCIA'S VOICE Documentary To Feature First Transgender Lead In U.S. Opera" . BroadwayWorld.com . Retrieved 2019-12-29 .
^ "Entertainment Weekly" . Entertainment Weekly . 2016.
^ "Hillary Clinton Campaign" . Jameskicklighter.com .
^ a b "Michelle Kwan if Working for Hillary Clinton" . New York . 2016.
^ "Angel of Anywhere" . Jameskicklighter.com .
^ "Watch: Male Stripper Short 'Angel of Anywhere' by James Kicklighter" . firstshowing.net . 2018-08-14. Retrieved 2022-12-08 .
^ a b "The Independent Critic - "Angel of Anywhere" the Latest Kicklighter Flick" . theindependentcritic.com . Retrieved 2022-03-29 .
^ a b Review, UK Film (2017-09-07). "Angel of Anywhere short film" . UK Film Review . Retrieved 2022-03-29 .
^ "James Kicklighter at the DGA Directors Guild of America on Starting a Career in Film" . Archived from the original on 2021-12-21. Retrieved Jun 14, 2021 – via www.youtube.com.
^ "James Kicklighter on Networking in Filmmaking at the DGA — Directors Guild of America" . Archived from the original on 2021-12-21. Retrieved Jun 14, 2021 – via www.youtube.com.
^ "Sacramento Opera Star Lucia Lucas Pushes Industry Boundaries — and Beyond" . KQED . 2019-09-15. Retrieved 2019-12-29 .
^ "Breaking Film Industry News — Awards, Acquisitions, Festival Buzz, Grants, and More" . IndieWire . 2019-04-09. Retrieved 2019-12-29 .
^ The Sound of Identity , retrieved 2022-03-29
^ "Archive.org" . Archived from the original on 2012-09-05.
^ Hunker'd Down by Bernie (2012-09-02). "Bernie's Dawg Blawg: Erk Russell on the big screen" . Berniesdawgblawg.com . Retrieved 2016-09-26 .
^ "GSU grads to produce 'Erk' " . Statesboroherald.com . 2006-09-08. Archived from the original on 2013-02-03. Retrieved 2016-09-26 .
^ "First Class | Georgia Southern Magazine" . News.georgiasouthern.edu . 2014-12-15. Retrieved 2016-09-26 .
^ "THE KICKLIGHTER" . JAMAH . Retrieved 2022-03-16 .
^ Valdez, Jonah (2021-12-20). "6.2 earthquake strikes off Northern California coast, shattering windows and rattling nerves" . Los Angeles Times . Retrieved 2022-03-29 .
^ "DI PASSAGGIO" . filmthreat.com . 2011-06-15. Retrieved 2022-03-30 .
^ Reddish, David (June 2021). "James Kicklighter raises the curtain on a transgender opera star in 'The Sound of Identity' " . Queerty . Retrieved 2022-03-30 .
^ Lehmann, Courtney (2014-09-26). Screen Adaptations: Romeo and Juliet: A close study of the relationship between text and film . Bloomsbury Publishing. ISBN 978-1-4081-9876-6 .
^ a b Rockett, Darcel (10 January 2018). "Do you share the same values as your neighbor? That's 'The American Question' " . chicagotribune.com . Retrieved 2022-03-30 .
^ "Comm Arts Talk" . Georgia Southern University Comm Arts Talk . Fall 2009 – via Georgia Southern University.
^ "Archive.is" . Archived from the original on 2012-09-19.
^ "Zombie film with a heart" . www.statesboroherald.com . Retrieved 2022-03-30 .
^ "Desires Of The Heart Review" . IndyRed . Retrieved 2022-03-30 .
^ "The Independent Critic - "A Few Things About Cancer" Hits the Festival Circuit" . theindependentcritic.com . Retrieved 2022-03-30 .
^ "Angel of Anywhere – Review – The Utah Film Festival" . Retrieved 2022-03-29 .
^ Ramos, Dino-Ray (Dec 21, 2020). "Shout! Studios To Distribute Docu 'The Sound Of Identity' Spotlighting Trans Opera Star Lucia Lucas" . Retrieved Jun 14, 2021 .
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