Jim Cummings (film producer)
Jim Cummings (film producer)
Jim Cummings (born 1986) is a film producer operating out of Los Angeles, California.[1]
Early Life & Education
Jim Cummings attended Metairie Park Country Day School and started the film club there with his friend Seth Satterlee. He moved on to Emerson College where he earned a Bachelor of Arts in film/cinema/video studies. Jim is a licensed member of the Producers Guild of America.
Career
Straight out of school, Cummings wrote and directed the comedy/drama No Floodwall Here. He then spent a year teaching video production and post-production at the Academy of Art University. Cummings then snagged a gig on Captain America: The Winter Soldier working nearly 80 hour weeks for Industrial Light & Magic. His next job was with San Francisco 3D Films as a producer and creator, working on several stereoscopic 3D features and commercials.
Cummings produced, wrote, and starred in Woodhead Entertainment's first long-format film, This Is Jay Calvin. Shortly afterwards he produced the movie The Grief of Others in Nyack, New York. Not long after that Jim got a job at CollegeHumor managing budgets, booking crews, worked with brands, and making funny videos. Since then he's producer and written various films, commercials, and shorts for major production companies including Ornana Films, William Morris Endeavor, Here Be Dragons, Vanishing Angle, and more. He runs a viral production agency with a few friends called Unison LA
Awards & Accomplishments
Anchorage International Film Festival
Atlanta Film Festival
Athens International Film Festival
Austin Film Critics Association
Buffalo International Film Festival
Champs-Élysées Film Festival
Chicago International Film Festival
Deauville American Film Festival
ÉCU The European Independent Film Festival
Film Club's The Lost Weekend
Independent Spirit Awards
Gothenburg Indie Film Fest
Heartland International Film Festival
HollyShorts Film Festival
Indianapolis International Film Festival
Indie Grits US
Kinsale Shark Awards
Los Angeles Film Festival
Milano Film Festival
Festival du nouveau cinéma
Filmfest München
Nashville Film Festival
Odessa International Film Festival
Palm Springs International ShortFest
Philadelphia Film Festival
Provincetown International Film Festival
Rainier Independent Film Festival
Seattle International Film Festival
Sidewalk Film Festival
São Paulo International Film Festival
USA Film Festival
Filmography
Trailer for Thunder Road
Film | Role | Date |
Thunder Road | Producer, Director, Writer, Actor, Editor | 2018 |
Hydrangea | Director, Writer | 2017 |
Minutes | Director, Writer, Actor | 2017 |
Still Life | Director, Actor | 2017 |
The Mountains of Mourne | Director, Writer, Actor | 2017 |
It's All Right, It's Ok | Director, Writer | 2017 |
The Robbery | Director, Writer | 2017 |
Us Funny | Co-director, Actor | 2016 |
The Flamingo | Director, Writer, Producer, Editor, Sound Editor | 2012 |
No Floodwall Here | Director, Writer, Producer, Editor | 2010 |
Brothers | Director | 2009 |
Beast Beast | Producer | |
In a Silent Way | Executive Producer | |
June | Executive Producer | 2018 |
Pyramid Circle | Associate Producer | 2018 |
Krista | Executive Producer | 2016 |
Summer Park | Producer | 2016 |
A Morning Light | Producer | 2015 |
13 Cameras | Producer, Actor | 2015 |
Krisha | Associate Producer | 2015 |
All Your Favorite Shows! | Executive Producer | 2015 |
The Grief of Others | Producer | 2015 |
Confusion Through Sand | Producer | 2014 |
Timmy Muldoon and the Search for the Shadoweyes Bandit | Associate Producer | 2013 |
Euphonia | Co-producer | 2013 |
The Block Island Sound | Actor | |
Greener Grass | Actor | 2019 |
XYXX | Actor | 2018 |
The Handmaid's Tale | Actor | 2017 |
Casual | Actor | 2016 |
This is Jay Calvin | Editor | 2014 |
What If | Cinematographer | 2013 |
The Magic Murder | Cinematographer | 2011 |
Ironsides | Cinematographer | 2009 |
Captain America: The Winter Soldier | Visual Effects | 2014 |
Call Your Father | Assistant Director | 2016 |