John Hulme (author)

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John Hulme (born 1969) is an American author, screenwriter, and documentarian. He rose to prominence as a co-author of The Seems fantasy book series [1] with Michael Wexler.

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Career

John Hulme and collaborator Michael Wexler edited an anthology of short stories, Voices of the Xiled, created the National Public Radio radio series, "Vanishing Point", and wrote the comedic non-fiction book Baked Potatoes: a Pot Smoker's Guide to Film and Video. [2]

In 2005, as part of HBO’s America Undercover, Hulme directed Unknown Soldier: Searching For A Father, a documentary about his father who was killed in the Vietnam War and who he never met. [3]

A native of Highland Park, New Jersey, Hulme directed the 2017 documentary film Blood, Sweat & Tears: A Basketball Exorcism, which covers the story of the 1987 championship basketball game between Hulme's Highland Park High School and their rivals at New Brunswick High School. [4]

His first feature length horror screenplay, Bagman, was produced by Paramount Pictures, and directed by Colm McCarthy. [5]

References

  1. ↑ Fleming, Michael (April 16, 2007). "Fox nabs rights to 'Seems'. Levy to direct, produce film". Variety. Retrieved 2008-09-29.
  2. ↑ Trip Gabriel (January 22, 1997). "Culture Clash: Microsoft in Silicon Alley". Technology | Cybertimes (blog). The New York Times (nytimes.com).
  3. ↑ Martel, Ned (2005-05-30). "The View From Two Wars and the Home Front". The New York Times. ISSN   0362-4331 . Retrieved 2026-02-13.
  4. ↑ Makin, Bob. "Makin Waves with Highland Park filmmaker John Hulme", Courier News , January 12, 2017. Accessed June 7, 2017. "Longtime borough resident, filmmaker and former basketball star John Hulme chronicles the intense feelings that accompanied the Owls’ Rocky-like game against New Brunswick’s Zebras in the 1987 Central Jersey Group I championship basketball game in his new documentary Blood, Sweat & Tears: A Basketball Exorcism.... At first, the local filmmaker focuses on the lifelong pain he has felt about New Brunswick freshman Cassius 'Money' Hargrove swishing the game-winning jump shot and snuffing victory from the underdogs as the ball cascaded just out of the reach of Hulme’s long arms into the basket."
  5. ↑ McCarthy, Colm (2025-03-26), Bagman, Sam Claflin, Antonia Thomas, Caréll Vincent Rhoden, Lionsgate, Media Capital Technologies, Temple Hill Entertainment, retrieved 2026-02-13


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