Jim Sikora
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Jim Sikora is a Chicago-based American film director, writer, and producer, and early user of DV filmmaking.[1] Sikora is best known for his independent micro-budgeted feature films Walls in the City,[2] Bullet on a Wire, Rock & Roll Punk, and My Charbroiled Burger with Brewer.
Biography[edit]
Sikora (born James Vincent Lato III) was raised in Chicago, Illinois, and in the Chicago area. He attended Columbia College Chicago on the G.I. Bill after being honorably discharged from the U.S. Army. While at Columbia, he was classmates and contemporaries with cinematographers Janusz Kamiński and Mauro Fiore. [citation needed]
Sikora's films and videos have aired on MTV's 120 Minutes to PBS's Image Union.[citation needed] His film Bullet on a Wire was shown in 18 film festivals, including the Rotterdam International Film Festival, The Munich International Film Festival, and in London at the ICA as part of the American Underground Cinema programming.[3][4] The film also made Kevin Thomas's list as one of the best movies of 1998 in the LA Times.[citation needed]
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,[2] Urge Overkill, The Frogs, The Leaving Trains, Mike Watt, The Jesus Lizard, Pegboy, Mutts,[5] Enuff Z' Nuff, The Screaming Trees, Greg Ginn of Black Flag, UltraBomb, James Marlon Magas and The Roots.[citation needed]
Sikora has produced and directed the feature film The Earl,[6] written by playwright Brett Neveu, and The Critics,[7] written by novelist and playwright Adam Langer. His short films include Bring Me The Head of Geraldo Rivera,[8] named by Film Threat Magazine as one of the best underground films of the decade; Stagefright Chameleon,[9] and X-Mass '73.[10]
Amongst the projects that Sikora has in development are his screenplay I'll Die Tomorrow, starring Michael Shannon, and Beyond The Shadows, written by Terry Southern.[citation needed]
References[edit]
- ^ Ed M. Koziarski (15 December 2003). "Sikora's pioneering digital feature on Elgin rock band plays at Film Center". reelchicago.com. Retrieved 7 March 2024.
- ^ a b S., Ilya (2009-01-13). "Skin-Graft - A-Z - Denison-Kimball Trio".
- ^ Shulsinger, Jessica (1998-03-04). "Laramie Film Company Set To Debut "Bird"". IndieWire. Retrieved 2019-10-30.
- ^ "Bullet on a Wire". www.filmfest-muenchen.de. Retrieved 2024-03-08.
- ^ "News". Mutts. 30 December 2015. Archived from the original on 2019-04-05. Retrieved 2019-04-05.
- ^ The Earl, retrieved 2019-04-05
- ^ The Critics, retrieved 2019-04-05
- ^ Bring Me the Head of Geraldo Rivera, retrieved 2019-04-05
- ^ Stagefright Chameleon, retrieved 2019-04-05
- ^ X-Mass '73, retrieved 2019-04-05
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