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| Born | 1979 (age 44–45) Pottstown, Pennsylvania, U.S. |
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| Years active | 2006–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 .
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]
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.
| Year | Organization | Award |
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| 2007 | Toronto After Dark Film Festival | After Dark Spirit Award [11] |
| 2007 | Amsterdam Fantastic Film Festival | Special mention [12] |
| 2010 | Toronto International Film Festival | People's Choice Award [13] |
| 2011 | Neuchâtel International Fantasy Film Festival | Special mention [14] |
| 2014 | Sitges Film Festival | Best director in Official Fantàstic Òrbita Category Awards for Cold in July |
| Title | Year | Metacritic | Rotten Tomatoes | Notes |
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| Mulberry Street | 2006 | N/A | 70% [15] | |
| Stake Land | 2010 | 66/100 [16] | 75% [17] | |
| We Are What We Are | 2013 | 71/100 [18] | 85% [19] | |
| Cold in July | 2014 | 73/100 [20] | 84% [21] | |
| Hap and Leonard | 2016–2018 | 73/100 [22] | 87% [23] | TV series |
| In the Shadow of the Moon | 2019 | 48/100 [24] | 59% [25] | |
| Sweet Tooth | 2021 | 78/100 [26] | 92% [27] | TV series |
| God Country | TBA | TBD | TBD | [28] |
Joe Richard Lansdale is an American writer and martial arts instructor. A prose writer in a variety of genres, including Western, horror, science fiction, mystery, and suspense, he has also written comic books and screenplays. Several of his novels have been adapted for film and television. He is the winner of the British Fantasy Award, the American Horror Award, the Edgar Award, and eleven Bram Stoker Awards.
Laurence T. Fessenden is an American actor, producer, writer, director, film editor, and cinematographer. He is the founder of the New York based independent production outfit Glass Eye Pix. His writer/director credits include No Telling, Habit (1997), Wendigo (2001), and The Last Winter, which is in the permanent collection of the Museum of Modern Art. He has also directed the television feature Beneath (2013), an episode of the NBC TV series Fear Itself (2008) entitled "Skin and Bones", and a segment of the anthology horror-comedy film The ABCs of Death 2 (2014). He is the writer, with Graham Reznick, of the BAFTA Award-winning Sony PlayStation video game Until Dawn. He has acted in numerous films including Bringing Out the Dead (1999), Broken Flowers (2005), I Sell the Dead (2009), Jug Face (2012), We Are Still Here (2015), In a Valley of Violence (2016), Like Me (2017), and The Dead Don't Die (2019), Brooklyn 45 (2023), and Killers of the Flower Moon (2023)
William "Bill" Sage III is an American actor. He is known for his collaborations with director Hal Hartley. Sage has appeared in more than 90 movies, most notable American Psycho (2000), We Are What We Are (2013), Every Secret Thing (2014), and Wrong Turn (2021).
The Signal is a 2007 American horror film written and directed by independent filmmakers David Bruckner, Dan Bush and Jacob Gentry. It is told in three parts, in which all telecommunication and audiovisual devices transmit only a mysterious signal turning people mad and activating murderous behaviour in many of those affected.
Mulberry Street is a 2006 American horror film directed by Jim Mickle, written by Nick Damici and Jim Mickle, and starring Nick Damici. It was released by After Dark Films as a part of their 8 Films to Die For 2007.
We Are What We Are is a 2010 Mexican horror film directed by Jorge Michel Grau. A stand-alone sequel to Cronos (1993), the film is about a family who, after the death of the father, try to continue on with a disturbing, ritualistic tradition. The film stars Paulina Gaitán and Daniel Giménez Cacho, the latter of whom reprises his role from Cronos.
Grabbers is a 2012 monster horror comedy film directed by Jon Wright and written by Kevin Lehane. A co-production of Ireland and the United Kingdom, the film stars Richard Coyle, Ruth Bradley, Bronagh Gallagher and Russell Tovey among an ensemble cast of Irish actors.
Stake Land is a 2010 American post apocalyptic vampire horror film directed by Jim Mickle and starring Nick Damici, who cowrote the script with Mickle. It also stars Connor Paolo, Danielle Harris and Kelly McGillis. The plot revolves around an orphaned young man being taken under the wing of a vampire hunter known only as "Mister", and the battle for survival in their quest for a haven.
Hap and Leonard are two fictional amateur investigators and adventurers created by American author Joe R. Lansdale. They are the main characters in a series of twelve novels, four novellas, and three collections of stories and excerpts. They are two very different men and the best of friends, and now work together as private investigators for Hap's girlfriend Brett Sawyer. Together they always wind up in a lot of trouble with various criminal types in the fictional town of LaBorde, in East Texas and often find themselves attempting to solve various unpleasant and brutal crimes. Both men are well versed in the martial arts. The novels were adapted into a 2016–2018 TV series, produced by SundanceTV. The duo were partially inspired by The Hardman series by the late Ralph Dennis.
Cold in July is a 1989 American crime novel written by Joe R. Lansdale.
Nick Damici is an American actor and screenwriter known for such films as Mulberry Street and Stake Land.
We Are What We Are is a 2013 American horror film directed by Jim Mickle, and starring Bill Sage, Julia Garner, Ambyr Childers and Kelly McGillis. It was screened at the 2013 Sundance Film Festival and in the Directors' Fortnight section at the 2013 Cannes Film Festival. It is a remake of the 2010 Mexican film of the same name. Both a sequel and prequel have been announced.
Cold in July is a 2014 American independent crime thriller film directed by Jim Mickle, written by Mickle and Nick Damici, and starring Michael C. Hall, Sam Shepard and Don Johnson. The film takes place in 1980s Texas and is based on the novel Cold in July by author Joe R. Lansdale. Hall plays a man who kills a burglar, whose father (Shepard) subsequently seeks revenge. The plot is further complicated when a private investigator (Johnson) shows up.
Uncle Howard is a 2016 documentary film about filmmaker Howard Brookner directed by Aaron Brookner.
Hap and Leonard is an American drama television series based on the characters Hap and Leonard, created by novelist Joe R. Lansdale and adapted from his series of novels of the same name. The series was written and developed by Nick Damici and Jim Mickle, who had previously adapted Lansdale's Cold in July and was directed by Mickle. The series premiered on the American cable network SundanceTV on March 2, 2016. The series received favorable reviews.
City of Ghosts is a 2017 Arabic-language American documentary film about the Syrian media activist group Raqqa Is Being Slaughtered Silently as they face the realities of life undercover, on the run, and in exile after their homeland is taken over by ISIS in 2014. The film was directed by Oscar-nominated and Emmy Award-winning filmmaker Matthew Heineman.
House of Darkness is a 2022 American black comedy horror film directed by Neil LaBute, starring Justin Long, Kate Bosworth, Gia Crovatin and Lucy Walters. The film is a reimagining of Dracula.
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