Jim Hemphill is an American
filmmaker
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and film historian. He began his career writing about film in publications including the
Chicago Reader
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,
Film Quarterly
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and the
American Cinematographer
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magazine. In 2007, he directed the
independent
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horror film
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''
Bad Reputation'', which won multiple awards at film festivals including
Shriekfest, the Chicago Horror Film Festival and the Weekend of Fear in
Erlangen
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,
Germany
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. In 2012, he directed ''
The Trouble with the Truth'',
[Scheck, Frank.]
The Trouble With the Truth: Film Review
, The Hollywood Reporter, September 13, 2012. an award-winning independent film starring
Lea Thompson
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She is best known for her roles as Lorraine Baines-McFly in the ''Back to the Future'' film trilogy (1985–1990), Beverly Switzler in ''Howard t ...
and
John Shea
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. He works for the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences as a visual historian, and has contributed audio commentaries to over a dozen Blu-rays. In 2019 he published his first book, ''The Art and Craft of TV Directing: Conversations with Episodic Television Directors'', from Focal Press. He currently writes for IndieWire and is a programming consultant at the American Cinematheque.
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1971 births
Filmmakers from California
Living people