James W. Hawk

James W. Hawk - author, filmmaker, and photo artist

SHORT BIO

James W. Hawk is of German, Irish, Scottish, and Native American descent. Out of college, he pursued a career in industrial sales and marketing with a Fortune 500 company, which resulted in relocations to Rochester, New York, South Bend, Indiana, and New Haven, Connecticut. His earlier writing experience was in short stories, writing, and directing independent film projects.

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AUTHOR

Hawk's latest published science fiction novel is SPIRITUAL DESTINT - the first book of the Alp to Taw Chronicles and the first book of the Destiny Trilogy.

Clyde Philips, the producer and writer of the award winning DEXTER television series has rated Hawk's writing as 5 stars out of 5 stars.

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FILMMAKER - award-winning

- One film was an exhibit at an art exhibition in Rome, Italy

- Two award-winning short animation films

- Two film festival finalists worldwide

- Four films were semi-finalists at film festivals

- Two quarter-finalists

- Official Selection by 60 film venues with 109 worldwide

- 160 IMDb credits

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 Hawk’s work and gave him high marks. F. Miguel Valenti viewed Hawk’s work and assessed it as better than much of what is released these days. Dr. Raymond Foery (Professor Emeritus Quinnipiac University Film, Television, and Media Arts) said of Hawk, "A truly imaginative filmmaker with a highly sophisticated sense of cinematic acuity."

Hawk wrote, produced and directed Alpha to Omega: Part 4 with limited resources and plenty of ingenuity. Since that time, he has produced, written and directed several short films, documentaries, music videos, animation films, experimental films and industrial presentations.

Hawk 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 one of his short films. He has had several minor acting parts in independent films. He has taken film-making classes at a local university. He has had his films shown at film festivals, local venues and on local television.