Jim Sikora is a Chicago-based American film director, writer, and producer, and early user of DV filmmaking. Sikora is best known for his independent micro-budgeted feature films ''Walls in the City,'' ''Bullet on a Wire'', ''Rock & Roll Punk'', and ''My Charbroiled Burger with Brewer''.

Biography

Sikora (born James Vincent Lato III) was raised in Chicago, Illinois, and in the Chicago area. He attended

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on the G.I. Bill after being honorably discharged from the U.S. Army. Sikora's films and videos have aired on MTV's ''

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'' and PBS's ''Image Union''. His film ''Bullet on a Wire'' was shown at the Rotterdam International Film Festival, the Munich International Film Festival, and in London at the ICA as part of the American Underground Cinema programming. He has made music videos and promos for SST Records, Touch & Go, Amphetamine Reptile, Arista, and Rykodisk. The bands he's created videos and promos for include Tar, and Mutts. Sikora has produced and directed the feature film ''The Earl'', written by playwright Brett Neveu, and ''The Critics'', written by novelist and playwright

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. His short films include ''Bring Me The Head of Geraldo Rivera'', ''Stagefright Chameleon'', and ''X-Mass '73''.

References

External links

Jim Sikora at IFFR
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