Biography

Bio of James W. Hawk - filmmaker, published author and photographic artist

James W. Hawk was born in New Eagle, Pennsylvania and grew up in East Cleveland, Ohio. He is of German, Irish, Scottish and Native American (Seneca) decent. He attended Ohio University in Architecture and completed his higher education at Cleveland State University as a Mechanical Engineer. He pursued a career in industrial sales and marketing with a Fortune 500 company which resulted in re-locations to Rochester, New York, South Bend, Indiana and New Haven, Connecticut.

Jim's first independent film project was a two hour cinema verite called Old School Roadster which aired on Connecticut television.

Jan Harlan (executive producer for Stanley Kubrick and Steven Spielberg) viewed Jim's work and gave his work high marks. F. Miguel Valenti viewed Jim's work and assessed it as better than much of what is released these days.

One of Jim's films was an exhibit at a Rome Italy art exhibition recently. Seven of his films have finished as semi-finalists at film festivals One of Jim's films was recently awarded semi-finalist at a science fiction film festival out of a thousand entries. He has had films screened at 21 film festivals/venues around the world with 44 films being official selections He has had his films shown on local television.

Jim wrote, produced and directed his first scripted short film, Alpha to Omega: Part 4 with limited resources and plenty of ingenuity. Since that time, he has produced, written and directed many narrative short films, documentaries, music videos, animation films, experimental films, time-lapse films and industrial presentations.

Jim has also worked for the Connecticut Film Industry Training Program for three years as an Associate Producer and Director of the "behind the scenes" film of their short film project. He has been interviewed on television regarding the making of several of his short films. His work is represented on IMDb where he is one of the top lifetime contributors. He is a colleague of the USVAA (United States Veteran's Artist Alliance. He also serves on the advisory committee of CARTMICA

He continues to make short films and has added "published author" to his resume. He recently published his first short story of his ATHOIA Anthology which is titled TO beta-VANVERDEN AND BACK on Amazon Kindle. Clyde Phillips, a writer and producer for the award winning television series, DEXTER, gave VANVERDEN a 5 star rating.

Jim is also a photographic artist with his work being displayed on Fine Art America.com.

Here is his HawkMedia Studios website: HTTP://WWW.hawkmedia-studios.com/ Here is his HawkFilme website: HTTP://WWW.hawkfilme.com/ Here is his Aleph to Taw website: HTTP://WWW.alephtotaw.com/
- IMDb mini biography by: James W. Hawk

James W. Hawk is a colleague of USVAA - United States Veterans' Artists Alliance in the categories of "film", "photography", "literature and poetry" . The United States Veterans' Artists Alliance (USVAA) is an award-winning, multi-disciplinary non-profit arts organization, founded in 2004 by military veterans and artists. USVAA provides opportunities for veterans in the arts by highlighting the work of veterans in the arts, humanities and entertainment industry along with the contributions veterans have made to the rich cultural history of our nation since the Revolutionary War. Additionally, USVAA networks with veterans, artists, supportive individuals and organizations within the arts and veterans' communities to find funding and support for individual artistic projects in theater, film, television, the visual/fine arts and a wide variety of crafts.

James W. Hawk in addition to being a filmmaker is a photographic artist which means that he takes his best photographs and manipulates them with Photoshop to gave them that special appearance that he is trying to achieve for each of them. That work can be seen on Fine Art America. You can also view his work there by going to the Fine Art America website and searching for "James W. Hawk".

James W. Hawk was associated with the Connecticut Film Industry Training Program (FITP) for its four year run. He was a student in the Prop Department section the first year. During the second and third years he was an Associate Producer for the student's film project and the Director, Producer, Writer and Editor for the "behind the scenes" film. The last year he was the Director, Producer, Writer and Editor for the "behind the scenes" film.