Michael Thomas James
Nascimento : , Chicago, Illinois, USA
História
Michael Thomas James is a Chicago-based editor who graduated with high honors from Columbia College Chicago. He has edited narrative features such as Range Runners, as well as documentaries such as the Emmy award winning Pooh: The Derrick Rose Story. He believes editorial is more artistic than technical, and that there should be room to breathe, create, and dream within each project. He is occasionally known by his nickname "Contact" among his industry peers.
Editor
A coming of age film about a group of high school seniors forced to spend a Saturday at school completing an exam they either missed taking or failed. By the end of the day, they find their own values, betrayals and love within themselves and their classmates.
Editor
Uma jovem confeiteira passa por dificuldades e volta para casa. Sua família e um encontro inesperado trazem um sorriso de volta aos lábios de Felicity.
Editor
Alone at her lake house, Quinn awaits her husband’s arrival as they plan for a relaxing weekend up at the lake. Encountered by an ominous visitor, her plans rapidly derail as Quinn realizes she is not alone anymore.
Editor
Um marechal de cidade pequena que não carrega uma arma desde que deixou o Texas Rangers após um trágico tiroteio deve pegá-la novamente para lutar com uma gangue de motoqueiros foragidos que invadiram a cidade para realizar um assalto violento e descarado.
Editor
A genetically enhanced soldier discovers that she's been misled by her boss while on assignment. Feeling betrayed, she must decide between completing her mission or carving a new path.
Editor
Uma mulher caminhando por uma trilha isolada encontra problemas quando sua mochila é sequestrada por dois homens escondidos na floresta, desesperados e fugindo. Agora, encalhada e deixada para cuidar de si mesma, ela tem uma escolha: rastejar de volta à sua vida normal na derrota, ou empurrar para a frente e tomar de volta o que foi roubado dela.
Online Editor
A never before seen look at the meteoric rise of Derrick Rose, the young Chicago superstar that was suddenly derailed by devastating injuries and unrealistic expectations for a hometown hero.
Editor
A never before seen look at the meteoric rise of Derrick Rose, the young Chicago superstar that was suddenly derailed by devastating injuries and unrealistic expectations for a hometown hero.
Editor
A grad student kidnaps two homophobic high-school bullies to use as her subjects in an experiment performed at the bottom of an empty swimming pool.
Editor
When a teenage girl goes missing in the woods, it's up to an aging sheriff to find her. With his deputy questioning his every move, this small town sheriff will have to face the wrath of the girl's abusive father in order to bring her home safe before it's too late.
Online Editor
When aspiring horror filmmakers post an online casting call looking for "real life" monsters to interview for their upcoming documentary called, The Monster Project, they find three individuals claiming to be a skin-walker, a vampire, and a demon. Meeting these monsters at a remote mansion in the woods on the night of a total lunar eclipse, the filmmakers invite the three subjects to share their haunting, personal experiences. Working on the crew is a recovering drug addict who suffers withdrawal and paranoia. As a person of faith, he fears his friends underestimate the dark powers they are summoning. When the interviews turn deadly, he must battle the demons, inside and out, to escape the house and defeat the rise of evil incarnate.
Additional Editor
When aspiring horror filmmakers post an online casting call looking for "real life" monsters to interview for their upcoming documentary called, The Monster Project, they find three individuals claiming to be a skin-walker, a vampire, and a demon. Meeting these monsters at a remote mansion in the woods on the night of a total lunar eclipse, the filmmakers invite the three subjects to share their haunting, personal experiences. Working on the crew is a recovering drug addict who suffers withdrawal and paranoia. As a person of faith, he fears his friends underestimate the dark powers they are summoning. When the interviews turn deadly, he must battle the demons, inside and out, to escape the house and defeat the rise of evil incarnate.
Online Editor
Na casa dos 30 anos, Zaynab (Fawzia Mirza) é uma advogada paquistanesa, muçulmana e lésbica que mora em Chicago. Parveen (Shabana Azmi), sua mãe que recentemente ficou viúva, acabou de se mudar para sua casa e passa os dias assistindo TV e procurando um marido para a filha única. Zaynab se apaixona por Alma (Sari Sanchez), uma mexicana arrojada e brilhante. Rosa, mãe de Alma é uma ex-lutadora, o que encanta Zaynab, que pratica luta livre. Zaynab tenta esconder da mãe a sua vida amorosa e aos aulas de luta que realiza.
Additional Editor
Na casa dos 30 anos, Zaynab (Fawzia Mirza) é uma advogada paquistanesa, muçulmana e lésbica que mora em Chicago. Parveen (Shabana Azmi), sua mãe que recentemente ficou viúva, acabou de se mudar para sua casa e passa os dias assistindo TV e procurando um marido para a filha única. Zaynab se apaixona por Alma (Sari Sanchez), uma mexicana arrojada e brilhante. Rosa, mãe de Alma é uma ex-lutadora, o que encanta Zaynab, que pratica luta livre. Zaynab tenta esconder da mãe a sua vida amorosa e aos aulas de luta que realiza.
Assistant Editor
The Orange Story is a narrative short film that tells the story of an elderly Japanese American man who must sell all his belongings and report to a temporary detention center during WWII from where he will be forcibly removed to an undisclosed location. The film also uses archival radio, film, and photographic sources to complement this narrative, providing a strong historical context for the story.
Foley Artist
Kurt Sloan e seu irmão, David Sloan, são campeões de uma dinastia de lutadores na Califórnia. Após vencer um campeonato mundial, David é atraído por um sombrio produtor para lutar sem regras em Hong Kong. Quando David morre, Kurt, com a ajuda de Durand, ex-treinador de David, decide dominar as artes marciais para combater Tong Po, kickboxer que assassinou seu irmão.
Second Assistant Camera
VERA is a sci-fi drama short film that focuses on an astronaut who is stranded alone in space and is now headed on a collision course with the Sun. Adam struggles with isolation and his sanity on the ship while dealing with emotions from his past and future.