James Kerwin

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James Kerwin
Born (1973-10-13) October 13, 1973 (age 50)
St. Louis, Missouri, US
Citizenship United States
Republic of Ireland [1]
Occupation(s)Director, screenwriter
Years active1995–present
Website jameskerwin.com

James Kerwin, FRSA (born October 13, 1973) is an American film director, theatre director, and screenwriter.

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Education and academics

Kerwin, who was born in St. Louis, Missouri, attended Parkway Central High School in Chesterfield. [2]

Kerwin graduated with a film degree from Texas Christian University in 1995 and a minor in astronomy and physics. He served as a lab instructor and guest artist at T.C.U. and the University of Texas at Austin. [3]

He is a member of Phi Beta Kappa and Mensa, and is a Fellow of the Royal Society of Arts. [4] [5]

Career

Kerwin has been noted for his Shakespearean adaptations of A Midsummer Night's Dream , Cardenio and Venus and Adonis . [6] In 2003 he staged Amber Benson's play Albert Hall in Los Angeles, California. In the early 2000s he was a frequent guest director for Daniel Henning and Noah Wyle's Blank Theatre Company and for Travis Schuldt's Lone Star Ensemble.

In 2000, Kerwin's experimental film Midsummer—produced by L.M. Kit Carson and starring Domenica Cameron-Scorsese—received the Gold Award from Edward Zwick at the Crested Butte Reel Fest. [7]

Other projects include the "sci-fi noir" film Yesterday Was a Lie with Kipleigh Brown and Chase Masterson, which earned a number of prizes on the film festival circuit in 2008 and 2009. [8] He and Brown again collaborated on Star Trek Continues , on which Kerwin served as writer/director from 2014 to 2017.

In 2020, Kerwin and actress Nicola Bryant co-hosted the video podcast In Isolation. [9]

The MMORPG Star Trek Online features Kerwin as a non-player character, voiced by actor Jordan Reynolds. [10]

Brendan Fraser's character in Robert J. Sawyer's 2023 Audible production The Downloaded—which opens with a quote attributed to Kerwin—references him when naming historical filmmakers. [11]

Personal life

Kerwin's nieces—Elara and Rhea Kerwin—portrayed Summer Newman on The Young and the Restless . [12]

In 2012, Kerwin was named one of the "Top Hunks in Science Fiction" in a readers' poll conducted by Hugo Award-winning fanzine StarShipSofa . [13]

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References

  1. "TV Overmind: 10 Things You Didn't Know About James Kerwin". 8 July 2022.
  2. James Kerwin on Classmates.com
  3. UT Austin guest artists Archived 2010-06-20 at the Wayback Machine
  4. MENSANS Magazine article Archived 2008-11-20 at the Wayback Machine
  5. James Kerwin bio
  6. Film Threat
  7. Dynamic Music Partners
  8. Helicon Arts Cooperative
  9. In Isolation with Nicola and James on YouTube
  10. "TV Overmind: 10 Things You Didn't Know About James Kerwin". 8 July 2022.
  11. Audible.
  12. "Who's Who in Genoa City: Summer Ann Newman | the Young and the Restless on Soap Central".
  13. "CelebManual". 24 June 2022.