Jim Mickle

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Jim Mickle
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Mickle in 2014
Born1979 (age 44–45)
Pottstown, Pennsylvania, U.S.
Occupations
  • Director
  • screenwriter
Years active2006–present

Jim Mickle (born 1979) [1] is an American director and writer, known for such films as Mulberry Street , Stake Land , We Are What We Are and Cold in July . He also co-developed the SundanceTV series Hap and Leonard , and the Netflix series Sweet Tooth .

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Early life

Jim Mickle was born in Pottstown, Pennsylvania in 1979. [1] [2] Mickle was inspired to become a director after he saw Army of Darkness . [1] He attended New York University and graduated in 2002. He worked as a production assistant and grip on a series of films by first-time directors who had not gone to film school. The experiences were frustrating for him, and he described the films as vanity projects. [3] Mickle prefers directing and editing to writing, and he is attracted to the flexibility and intensity of horror films. [4]

Career

Mickle and Nick Damici met while working on a student thesis film in 2001. While there, they came up with the idea for a zombie film. This concept eventually morphed into their first collaboration, Mulberry Street , a horror film about gentrification in New York City. [3] Mickle's second film, Stake Land , was a New York Times Critics' Pick. [5] His 2013 film We Are What We Are was screened at the 2013 Sundance Film Festival [6] and in the Directors' Fortnight section at the 2013 Cannes Film Festival. [7] He directed the film adaptation of Joe R. Lansdale's novel Cold in July , in which Michael C. Hall starred, [8] [9] and has worked on Esperanza, the story of a fatal wildfire in southern California, adapted by Sean O'Keefe from a book by John N. Maclean. [10] In 2016 Mickle & Damici developed the TV series Hap and Leonard , based on Joe R. Lansdale's novels, with Mickle directing multiple episodes during the series' three seasons.

Awards

YearOrganizationAward
2007Toronto After Dark Film FestivalAfter Dark Spirit Award [11]
2007Amsterdam Fantastic Film FestivalSpecial mention [12]
2010Toronto International Film FestivalPeople's Choice Award [13]
2011Neuchâtel International Fantasy Film FestivalSpecial mention [14]
2014Sitges Film FestivalBest director in Official Fantàstic Òrbita Category Awards for Cold in July

Filmography

As director

TitleYearMetacriticRotten TomatoesNotes
Mulberry Street 2006N/A70% [15]
Stake Land 201066/100 [16] 75% [17]
We Are What We Are 201369/100 [18] 85% [19]
Cold in July 201473/10085% [20]
Hap and Leonard 2016–201873/10087% [21] TV series
In the Shadow of the Moon 201948/10059% [22]
Sweet Tooth 202178/10097% [23] TV series
God CountryTBATBDTBD [24]

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