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James "Jim" W. Hawk was born in New Eagle, Pennsylvania. He is of German, Irish, Scottish and Native American (Seneca) decent. At the age of three, he was moved to Cleveland, Ohio. In 1972, he pursued a career in industrial sales and marketing with a Fortune 500 company which resulted in being relocated to Rochester, New York, South Bend, Indiana and finally, New Haven, Connecticut.

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

After spending six months teaching himself non-linear editing programs, Jim attended a training program for studio equipment at a local television station.

Jim's first independent film project was a two hour and four part cinema verite called The Old School Roadster featuring Larry, a local car guy who built a Roadster in his garage. It was aired on television stations throughout Connecticut. The next project was a commercial for Doritos. The winner of the contest would have their entry shown during the Super Bowl. He didn't win, but he made an outstanding creative work nonetheless. Having these under his belt, he needed the next greater challenge...he wanted to make a short scripted movie. Jim wrote, produced and directed Alpha to Omega: Part 4 with limited resources and plenty of ingenuity. He wanted to keep it simple so he developed a screenplay featuring the last man on Earth with a highly creative and unique ending. After lots of work and some luck, it all came together as his first scripted short film. Since that time, he has produced, written and directed several short films, documentaries, music videos, animation films, experimental 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 one of his short films. He has had several minor acting parts in independent films. He has taken filmmaking classes at a local university. He has had his films shown at film festivals, local venues and on local television.

He is always either planning or searching for his next greater challenge.