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Jim Sikora is a Chicago based American film director, writer, and producer and is considered a pioneer in DV filmmaking. Sikora is best known for his independent micro-budgeted feature films Walls in the City, starring Paula Killen, Bill Cusack, Tony Fitzpatrick, and David Yow of the rock band The Jesus Lizard, with a soundtrack by The Denison/Kimball Trio;[1] Bullet on a Wire starring Jeff Strong, Paula Killen, Lara Phillips, David Yow, and Cinema of Transgression legend Richard Kern; Rock & Roll Punk which features members of Hüsker Dü, The Descendents, Big Black, Tortoise, and Slint; My Charbroiled Burger with Brewer starring Mike Watt of Minutemen and The Stooges and Jack Brewer of Saccharine Trust.

Sikora's films and videos have aired everywhere from MTV's 120 Minutes to PBS's Image Union. His film Bullet on a Wire was shown in 18 film festivals in the United States, and worldwide, including the Rotterdam International Film Festival, The Munich International Film Festival, and in London at the ICA as part of the American Underground Cinema retrospective.[2] The film also made Kevin Thomas's list as one of the best movies of 1998 in the LA Times.

Sikora has had successful theatrical runs of his pictures in New York City, Chicago, and Los Angeles.

Sikora (born James Vincent Lato III) was raised in Chicago, Illinois, and in the Chicago area. He attended Columbia College Chicago on the G.I. Bill after being honorably discharged from the U.S. Army. While at Columbia, he was classmates and contemporaries with cinematographers Janusz Kamiński and Mauro Fiore. He has made music videos and promos for labels such as SST Records, Touch & Go, Amphetamine Reptile, Arista, and Rykodisk. The bands he's created videos and promos for are as varied and diverse as Urge Overkill, The Frogs, The Leaving Trains, Mike Watt, The Jesus Lizard, Pegboy, Mutts,[3] Enuff Z' Nuff, The Screaming Trees, Greg Ginn of Black Flag, and The Roots.

Jim has produced and directed the feature film The Earl,[4] written by internationally acclaimed playwright Brett Neveu, and The Critics,[5] written by novelist and playwright Adam Langer. His short films include Bring Me The Head of Geraldo Rivera,[6] named by Film Threat Magazine as one of the best underground films of the decade; Stagefright Chameleon,[7] and X-Mass '73.[8]

Amongst the projects that Jim has in various stages of development are his screenplay I'll Die Tomorrow, starring Michael Shannon, and Beyond The Shadows, written by Terry Southern.

References

  1. ↑ "Skin-Graft - A-Z - Denison-Kimball Trio".
  2. ↑ Indiewire; Indiewire (1998-03-04). "Laramie Film Company Set To Debut "Bird"". IndieWire. Retrieved 2019-10-30.
  3. ↑ "News". Mutts. 30 December 2015. Retrieved 2019-04-05.
  4. ↑ The Earl, retrieved 2019-04-05
  5. ↑ The Critics, retrieved 2019-04-05
  6. ↑ Bring Me the Head of Geraldo Rivera, retrieved 2019-04-05
  7. ↑ Stagefright Chameleon, retrieved 2019-04-05
  8. ↑ X-Mass '73, retrieved 2019-04-05
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