- a 2-time award-winning filmmaker - 109 films screened at 60 film festivals/venues - 160 credits on IMDb - 1 film selected for an art exhibition in Rome, Italy - 2 films finished as finalists - 4 films finished as a semi-finalist at film festivals
Company
HawkMedia Studios / HawkFilme / OldMan Hawk Film
James W. Hawk – filmmaker & author
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) descent. 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 relocations 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.
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. Jim has been remarkably active in various genres. As a director of narrative fiction, he has shown a sure hand with actors and a sophisticated appreciation of mise-en-scene. As a creator of animated visual motifs, Jim has displayed a mastery of the latest techniques and a sophisticated sense of composition complemented by a rich appreciation of theatrical style. Each of his projects also reveals the mind of an artist grappling with the eternal philosophical dilemmas of our existence on this planet – as well as some speculation about those other planets out there. In short, Jim’s work forces us to think as well as to look." 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.
Two of Hawk’s animation films were award winners. One film was exhibited at an art exhibition in Rome, Italy.
Jim wrote, produced, and directed his first scripted short film, Alpha to Omega: Part 4, with limited resources and plenty of ingenuity. Since then, he has produced, written, and directed many narrative short films, documentaries, music, animation, experimental, and time-lapse films.
Hawk worked for the Connecticut Film Industry Training Program for four years as an Associate Producer and Director of the "behind the scenes" film of their film project. He has been interviewed on television regarding the making of his short films. He has taken filmmaking classes at a local university. He has had his films shown at film festivals, local venues like Quinnipiac University, and on local television. He has 160 IMDb credits.
He continues to make short films and has added “published author” to his resume. He recently published the first novel of his ALP TO TAW CHRONICLES, which is titled SPIRITUAL DESTINY, on Amazon.com. He also published a collection of short stories, MALAKI-Z'S 1st ANTHOLOGY, on Amazon. Clyde Phillips, a writer and producer for the award-winning television series DEXTER, gave VANVERDEN a maximum 5-star rating. Previously, his second short story, FAILURE, was number two on the Amazon Top 100 Best-Selling U.S. Short Story list. His third short story, WILLARD’S FUNDAMENTAL FORCE, was number eleven on Amazon's Best Sellers in Science Fiction Anthologies.
SPIRITUAL DESTINY
In Spiritual Destiny, the first book in the Alp to Taw Chronicles and Destiny Trilogy, meet Joseph Arthur Golden-Eagle, known as JAG—a full-blooded Pequot Native American who believes he possesses the vision to guide humanity through a pivotal crossroads. Raised by Night Owl and Morning Dove in Stonington, Connecticut, JAG has inherited his ancestors’ guiding values: DON’T TAKE what is not yours; DO TAKE care of what is yours, and Mother Earth will provide for you forever. But in a world driven by consumption and the profit motive, leading to global warming, overpopulation, and the threat of self-destruction, JAG must overcome powerful obstacles before he can make a meaningful impact.
Born under signs of high aspirations, JAG's mission is to lead humanity toward a more responsible way of life—one rooted in ancient wisdom yet vital to our future. He carries his people’s principles as he embarks on a transformative journey to save humankind from its destructive path. Spiritual Destiny begins in the familiar surroundings of our world, unfolding in your own backyard, and will take readers step by step into realms beyond imagination.
This is not just the story of one man’s journey but the inaugural episode in a much larger narrative. With Spiritual Destiny, the Alp to Taw Chronicles introduces readers to a contemporary Native American family and expands to illuminate the universe across the full breadth of time. Enter Spiritual Destiny, and witness the legacy JAG begins—one that others must carry forward as the stakes rise ever higher.
IMDB page link: https://www.imdb.com/name/nm3277731/
HawkMedia Studios link: https://www.hawkmedia-studios.com/
HawkFilme link: https://www.hawkfilme.com/
Aleph to Taw link: https://www.alephtotaw.com/
Audience choice finalist
INDUSTRIALIZATION - THE RISE AND FALL
Lift-Off Filmmaker Sessions at Pinewood Studios
Pinewood Studios
2023
Official Selection
MOTHER EARTH - from the womb to the tomb
BUEIFF CHANNEL
Buenos Aires
2022
Award-winner
MOTHER EARTH - from the womb to the tomb
LOGIHQ International Happiness Film Festival & Exhibition, liHfe-2021
New Delhi
2022
Award-winner
WAR
Sydney Australian Film Festival
Sydney
2022
Official Selection
MOTHER EARTH - from the womb to the tomb
Sessions By Lift-Off Global Network
Pinewood Studios
2021
Official Selection
MOTHER EARTH - from the womb to the tomb
LIFFT INDIA FILMOTSAV & AWARDS - World Cine Fest
MALAVLI
2021
Official Selection
MOTHER EARTH - from the womb to the tomb
Warsaw Animation Film Festival
Warsaw
2021
semi-finalist
MISSING PERSON - redux
Waco Family and Faith International Film Festival
Waco, Texas
2020
Audience choice finalist
TURN TURN TURN
Lift-Off Filmmakers Session
Pinewood Studios
Award-winner
WAR (2023)
Sydney Australian Film Festival
Sydney
College
Cleveland State University
Mechanical Engineer
Gender
Male
"Boldness has genius, power, and magic in it." – Goethe
"No matter how thin you slice it, there will always be two sides." - Spinoza
"Life is what happens to you, while you are busy making other plans."- Lennon
"Nothing is ever always." - James W. Hawk
- a 2-time award-winning filmmaker - 109 films screened at 60 film festivals/venues - 160 credits on IMDb - 1 film selected for an art exhibition in Rome, Italy - 2 films finished as finalists - 4 films finished as a semi-finalist at film festivals
Company
HawkMedia Studios / HawkFilme / OldMan Hawk Film
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