It takes titanium and aluminium and steel and glass and lasers to do one thing, to impart feeling, that’s all we do, to strangers. We want to impart that feeling for everyone in the audience at the exact same time. That’s the magic of cinema.
im, a teacher of special needs education in Belfast, entered the Northern Irish film scene with quite an impact in 2014 when his debut short, Spots, picked up the Director’s award at the Film Devour Short Film Festival in Belfast. Multi-talented Jim is an associate producer and co-composer on the indie feature Braxton Butcher (dir. Leo McGuigan). In 2015 his second short, Photobomb, received worldwide attention following screenings at several international film festivals and picked up several awards.
Jim has also seen success as a composer for other projects including Storyland Web Series Farr (2015), indie-short Peni’s From Heaven (2017), and The Hangman (2018).
Recently, Jim has won several awards for his short film The Visitor and for his first funded short Upside which won numerous awards, including Best Short Film at the Colorado disABILITY Film, Best International Film at the CDFF festival, and Best Drama at Trí Rivers Film Festival.
Currently, Jim is developing several projects and is in production on his debut feature documentary.
  • Writer (4 Credits)
    Upside (Audio Description)2020
    Short
    Upside2019
    Short
    The Visitor2018
    Short
    Photobomb2015
    Short, Other
  • Director (4 Credits)
    Upside (Audio Description)2020
    Short
    Upside2019
    Short
    The Visitor2018
    Short
    Photobomb2015
    Short, Other
  • Producer (1 Credit)
    Photobomb2015
    Short, Other
Winner: Best international film
Upside
Culture and diversity film festival
California
2020
Winner: Best Drama
Upside
Trì Rivers Film Festival
Strabane
2020
Official selection
Upside
Seize the film short film festival
Novi Sad
2020
Winner: Audience choice award
Upside
Film Devour short film festival
Belfast
2020
Finalist
Upside (Audio Description)
Performance film and media insurance festival
London
2019
Finalist
Upside
Performance film and media insurance festival
London
2019
Finalist
Photobomb
Galway short film slam
Galway
2015
Audience choice award
Photobomb
Film Devour 16
Belfast
2015
Official selection
Upside (Audio Description)
Green Bay Film Festival
Wisconsin
Official selection
Upside (Audio Description)
Flickfair
Official selection
Upside (Audio Description)
Rodi Festival
Official selection
Upside (Audio Description)
Together! Disability Film Festival
Official selection
Upside (Audio Description)
Seize the film short film festival
Novi Sad
Official selection
Upside (Audio Description)
Imagine Belfast online arts festival
Belfast
Winner: Director's Choice
Upside (Audio Description)
Film Devour short film festival
Belfast
Winner: Best International Film
Upside (Audio Description)
Culture and diversity film festival
California
Winner: Best dramatic short
Upside (Audio Description)
Trì Rivers Film Festival
Strabane
Winner
Upside (Audio Description)
Cinema touching disability film festival
Austin
Finalist
Upside (Audio Description)
Catalyst diversity Film festival
Cork
Winner: Best Short Film
Upside (Audio Description)
disABILITY Film Festival
Colorado
Winner
Upside
Cinema touching disability film festival
Austin, Texas
Official selection
Upside
Catalyst diversity Film festival
Cork
Winner: Best short film
Upside
disABILITY Film Festival
Colorado
College
Queens University Belfast
English
20032006
College
Queens University Belfast
Post Graduate Certificate in Education
20062007
Birth Date
November 29, 1984
Nickname
Jim
Birth City
BELFAST
Current City
BELFAST
Hometown
BELFAST
Height
6 ft 4 inches
Gender
Male
Ethnicity
White
Eye Color
Blue
Zodiac Sign
Sagittarius
Married To
Sarah-Jayne Tracey
It takes titanium and aluminium and steel and glass and lasers to do one thing, to impart feeling, that’s all we do, to strangers. We want to impart that feeling for everyone in the audience at the exact same time. That’s the magic of cinema.
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