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Profile
James Kicklighter is an award-winning content producer and creative manager, utilizingWeb-based social media to market entertainment, educational, and promotional products.
Experience
Film Production
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FOLLOWED
: Based on the story by Hugo-winning author Will McIntosh, the perfect worldof a socially-responsible professor is threatened by a zombie child. Features the Americandebut of actor Erryn Arkin ("Home and Away," "CIA: Crime Investigation Australia"), EdithIvey (
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
), Sylvia Boykin (
The Tenant
), introducing SanFrancisco's Abigail de los Reyes (
Director/Producer: Short Film, 2011).•
LAND OF HIGHER PEACE
: Observes the daily challenges Ethiopians face through theeyes of a group of American Christians in the town of Gondar
(Producer, Director of Photography, and Co-Editor: Documentary, 24 min, 2011).•
THE CAR WASH
: An elderly woman (Edith Ivey,
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
)visits the local car wash and lube to connect with the world closing in around her. OfficialSelection, 2011 Macon Film Festival; 2010 National Film Festival for Talented Youth(Audience Award Winner); Melbourne Independent Filmmakers Festival (Jury Award, BestDrama), Garden State Film Festival; Rome International Film Festival; EGOFest Short FilmFestival; 1
st
Place, Georgia Communication Association Short Film Festival
(Writer, Director, Producer, and Co-Editor: Short Film, 10 min, 2010).
•THEATER OF THE MIND
:
Profiles the early days of radio theater and its impact onmodern society, kicking off a 10-year celebration for the Broadcast Education Association.Winner of
The Accolade
Award of Merit 2009; Official Selection, 2010 Southern StatesCommunication Association Symposium and Macon Film Festival
(Director and Producer: Documentary, 32 min, 2009)
.
•DI PASSAGGIO
: Follows four college students on a study abroad experience in Italy,highlighting the personal growth that comes from being immersed in another culture.Winner of
The Accolade
Award of Merit 2009; Official Selection, 2009 Macon Film Festivaland Peachtree Village International Film Festival
(Director, Producer, Director of Photography, and Co-Editor: Documentary, 64 min, 2009)
.
•THAT GUY: THE LEGACY OF DUB TAYLOR
: Profiles the life and influence of the westerncharacter actor for The Morris Museum of Art in Augusta, GA, with John Mellencamp,actress Dixie Carter, and director David Zucker
(Assistant Director and Producer: Documentary, 80 min, 2007)
.
National Student Leadership Conference
•SOCIAL MEDIA COORDINATOR (2011)
:
New position created to promote all programsat the American University site, utilizing video webcasts, blogs, and podcasts.•
PROGRAM DIRECTOR (2010)
: Charged with all administrative decisions for theJournalism and Mass Communication program at the University of California at Berkeley.Duties included hiring and managing staff and daily programming, while coordinating andexecuting the conference for over 110 domestic and foreign students.•
TEAM ADVISOR & HEAD TEAM ADVISOR (2009-2010
)
: Developed and taught film,public relations, and leadership curriculum at American University and UC Berkeley, whilemanaging staff and synchronizing group transportation around Washington, D.C. andBerkeley, CA.
Screener, International Documentary Association Awards (2009)
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