H. James Gilmore
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- School: University of Michigan
- Campus: Dearborn
- Department: Film
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4901 Evergreen Rd
Dearborn, MI - 48128 - Dates at University of Michigan: April 2009 - December 2019
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Biography
University of Michigan Dearborn - Film
Media Producer, Documentary Filmmaker & Educator
Media Production
H. James
Gilmore
Ann Arbor, Michigan
H. James Gilmore is a documentary filmmaker whose work focuses on culture, social justice and history. He is the director of over 20 films on a variety of topics, from ZIMBABWE: A RACIAL REVOLUTION (1988) about the transition from white-ruled Rhodesia to black-ruled Zimbabwe, to CRACKING ACES (2018) which profiles the groundbreaking women who fought to shatter the glass ceiling of professional poker. Gilmore holds a MA in Broadcasting and Film from the University of Iowa and serves as executive producer of Acadia Pictures, an independent production company he founded in 1995. In addition to his work in film, he is the associate director of the Acadia Institute of Oceanography in Seal Harbor, Maine.
Experience
Saint Joseph's College
Assistant Professor
Taught courses in communication and media production.
Acadia Pictures, Inc.
President & Executive Producer
Documentary and educational media production
University of Michigan-Dearborn
Clinical Associate Professor
Journalism and Screen Studies
University of Michigan-Dearborn
Clinical Professor of Communication
Teach courses in media production, documentary, photojournalism, screen studies and film aesthetics.
Acadia Institute of Oceanography
Associate Director
Co-owner and associate director of a summer camp in Seal Harbor, Maine focusing on ocean science. Every summer approximately 200 students between the ages of 10 and 18 come from all over the world to attend this experiential educational program on the coast of Downeast Maine.
Flagler College
Associate Professor
Taught classes in media production, communication and film studies. Promoted from Assistant to Associate Professor in 2006.
Education
Kalamazoo College
BA
Theatre, Political Science, Communication
Foreign Study: Pädagogische Hochschule Hannover, Hannover, Germany (1981)University of Iowa
MA
Communication Studies, Theatre Communication Arts
Teaching Assistant for courses in introductory film production.
Publications
Men at Work: Voices from Detroit's Underground Economy
Berkeley Media
Set in America's most segregated city, where black men are disproportionally the targets of unemployment and incarceration, this documentary profiles some of the creative and resourceful voices from Detroit's underground economy.
Men at Work: Voices from Detroit's Underground Economy
Berkeley Media
Set in America's most segregated city, where black men are disproportionally the targets of unemployment and incarceration, this documentary profiles some of the creative and resourceful voices from Detroit's underground economy.
Saving Face
Blue Planet Films/Vision Video
Matt Kern was an A student in seventh grade but a year later was stealing cars on the weekends. He eventually landed in prison where, unbeknownst to his parents, he thrived by managing his own business and gambling operation. This riveting story reveals the details of his crime and time spent in prison, and the providential way in which he got clemency.
Men at Work: Voices from Detroit's Underground Economy
Berkeley Media
Set in America's most segregated city, where black men are disproportionally the targets of unemployment and incarceration, this documentary profiles some of the creative and resourceful voices from Detroit's underground economy.
Saving Face
Blue Planet Films/Vision Video
Matt Kern was an A student in seventh grade but a year later was stealing cars on the weekends. He eventually landed in prison where, unbeknownst to his parents, he thrived by managing his own business and gambling operation. This riveting story reveals the details of his crime and time spent in prison, and the providential way in which he got clemency.
True to our Schools
New Hampshire Public Television
A 60-minute documentary produced for New Hampshire Public Television profiling the struggles of New Hampshire's public education systems through an examination of three very different public schools.
Men at Work: Voices from Detroit's Underground Economy
Berkeley Media
Set in America's most segregated city, where black men are disproportionally the targets of unemployment and incarceration, this documentary profiles some of the creative and resourceful voices from Detroit's underground economy.
Saving Face
Blue Planet Films/Vision Video
Matt Kern was an A student in seventh grade but a year later was stealing cars on the weekends. He eventually landed in prison where, unbeknownst to his parents, he thrived by managing his own business and gambling operation. This riveting story reveals the details of his crime and time spent in prison, and the providential way in which he got clemency.
True to our Schools
New Hampshire Public Television
A 60-minute documentary produced for New Hampshire Public Television profiling the struggles of New Hampshire's public education systems through an examination of three very different public schools.
Alone Together
New Hampshire Public Television/Eastern Education Network
This one-hour documentary focuses on the struggles of the family unit by profiling five New Hampshire families. Distributed nationally through the Eastern Education Network, ALONE TOGETHER received the American Film Institute's Robert M. Bennett Award for excellence in local television programming.
Men at Work: Voices from Detroit's Underground Economy
Berkeley Media
Set in America's most segregated city, where black men are disproportionally the targets of unemployment and incarceration, this documentary profiles some of the creative and resourceful voices from Detroit's underground economy.
Saving Face
Blue Planet Films/Vision Video
Matt Kern was an A student in seventh grade but a year later was stealing cars on the weekends. He eventually landed in prison where, unbeknownst to his parents, he thrived by managing his own business and gambling operation. This riveting story reveals the details of his crime and time spent in prison, and the providential way in which he got clemency.
True to our Schools
New Hampshire Public Television
A 60-minute documentary produced for New Hampshire Public Television profiling the struggles of New Hampshire's public education systems through an examination of three very different public schools.
Alone Together
New Hampshire Public Television/Eastern Education Network
This one-hour documentary focuses on the struggles of the family unit by profiling five New Hampshire families. Distributed nationally through the Eastern Education Network, ALONE TOGETHER received the American Film Institute's Robert M. Bennett Award for excellence in local television programming.
She's the Chief
Penn State University-Rural America Documentary Project/WPSX
This one-hour observational documentary profiles Linda Weaver, Pennsylvania's first female police chief as she struggles with staffing, politics and being a woman in uniform. Produced with P.J. O'Connell for the Rural America Documentary Project.
Men at Work: Voices from Detroit's Underground Economy
Berkeley Media
Set in America's most segregated city, where black men are disproportionally the targets of unemployment and incarceration, this documentary profiles some of the creative and resourceful voices from Detroit's underground economy.
Saving Face
Blue Planet Films/Vision Video
Matt Kern was an A student in seventh grade but a year later was stealing cars on the weekends. He eventually landed in prison where, unbeknownst to his parents, he thrived by managing his own business and gambling operation. This riveting story reveals the details of his crime and time spent in prison, and the providential way in which he got clemency.
True to our Schools
New Hampshire Public Television
A 60-minute documentary produced for New Hampshire Public Television profiling the struggles of New Hampshire's public education systems through an examination of three very different public schools.
Alone Together
New Hampshire Public Television/Eastern Education Network
This one-hour documentary focuses on the struggles of the family unit by profiling five New Hampshire families. Distributed nationally through the Eastern Education Network, ALONE TOGETHER received the American Film Institute's Robert M. Bennett Award for excellence in local television programming.
She's the Chief
Penn State University-Rural America Documentary Project/WPSX
This one-hour observational documentary profiles Linda Weaver, Pennsylvania's first female police chief as she struggles with staffing, politics and being a woman in uniform. Produced with P.J. O'Connell for the Rural America Documentary Project.
Soul of a Woman: The Life & Times of Mary Baker Eddy
New Hampshire Public Television
A documentary bio of one of the most powerful women of 19th Century America and the founder of the Christian Science Church.
Men at Work: Voices from Detroit's Underground Economy
Berkeley Media
Set in America's most segregated city, where black men are disproportionally the targets of unemployment and incarceration, this documentary profiles some of the creative and resourceful voices from Detroit's underground economy.
Saving Face
Blue Planet Films/Vision Video
Matt Kern was an A student in seventh grade but a year later was stealing cars on the weekends. He eventually landed in prison where, unbeknownst to his parents, he thrived by managing his own business and gambling operation. This riveting story reveals the details of his crime and time spent in prison, and the providential way in which he got clemency.
True to our Schools
New Hampshire Public Television
A 60-minute documentary produced for New Hampshire Public Television profiling the struggles of New Hampshire's public education systems through an examination of three very different public schools.
Alone Together
New Hampshire Public Television/Eastern Education Network
This one-hour documentary focuses on the struggles of the family unit by profiling five New Hampshire families. Distributed nationally through the Eastern Education Network, ALONE TOGETHER received the American Film Institute's Robert M. Bennett Award for excellence in local television programming.
She's the Chief
Penn State University-Rural America Documentary Project/WPSX
This one-hour observational documentary profiles Linda Weaver, Pennsylvania's first female police chief as she struggles with staffing, politics and being a woman in uniform. Produced with P.J. O'Connell for the Rural America Documentary Project.
Soul of a Woman: The Life & Times of Mary Baker Eddy
New Hampshire Public Television
A documentary bio of one of the most powerful women of 19th Century America and the founder of the Christian Science Church.
The Shipyard Dance
Chip Taylor Communications
This program documents the largest public art event ever staged in northern New England, which feature the Liz Lerman Dance Exchange of Washington, DC, known for its unique style of participatory dance. In this celebratory coming together, her unique company of performers combine modern dance, theater and storytelling as they bring to life the history and culture of the Portsmouth Naval Shipyard, and in the process find a common ground between the arts and the military
Men at Work: Voices from Detroit's Underground Economy
Berkeley Media
Set in America's most segregated city, where black men are disproportionally the targets of unemployment and incarceration, this documentary profiles some of the creative and resourceful voices from Detroit's underground economy.
Saving Face
Blue Planet Films/Vision Video
Matt Kern was an A student in seventh grade but a year later was stealing cars on the weekends. He eventually landed in prison where, unbeknownst to his parents, he thrived by managing his own business and gambling operation. This riveting story reveals the details of his crime and time spent in prison, and the providential way in which he got clemency.
True to our Schools
New Hampshire Public Television
A 60-minute documentary produced for New Hampshire Public Television profiling the struggles of New Hampshire's public education systems through an examination of three very different public schools.
Alone Together
New Hampshire Public Television/Eastern Education Network
This one-hour documentary focuses on the struggles of the family unit by profiling five New Hampshire families. Distributed nationally through the Eastern Education Network, ALONE TOGETHER received the American Film Institute's Robert M. Bennett Award for excellence in local television programming.
She's the Chief
Penn State University-Rural America Documentary Project/WPSX
This one-hour observational documentary profiles Linda Weaver, Pennsylvania's first female police chief as she struggles with staffing, politics and being a woman in uniform. Produced with P.J. O'Connell for the Rural America Documentary Project.
Soul of a Woman: The Life & Times of Mary Baker Eddy
New Hampshire Public Television
A documentary bio of one of the most powerful women of 19th Century America and the founder of the Christian Science Church.
The Shipyard Dance
Chip Taylor Communications
This program documents the largest public art event ever staged in northern New England, which feature the Liz Lerman Dance Exchange of Washington, DC, known for its unique style of participatory dance. In this celebratory coming together, her unique company of performers combine modern dance, theater and storytelling as they bring to life the history and culture of the Portsmouth Naval Shipyard, and in the process find a common ground between the arts and the military
Chronicle of an American Suburb
Berkeley Media
Park Forest was the ultimate suburb. Made famous as the home of the "organization man," the village defined a new way of living in the 1950s. Filmmaker Jim Gilmore talks with the pioneers of the planned community to document the rise and fall of a unique American dream.
Men at Work: Voices from Detroit's Underground Economy
Berkeley Media
Set in America's most segregated city, where black men are disproportionally the targets of unemployment and incarceration, this documentary profiles some of the creative and resourceful voices from Detroit's underground economy.
Saving Face
Blue Planet Films/Vision Video
Matt Kern was an A student in seventh grade but a year later was stealing cars on the weekends. He eventually landed in prison where, unbeknownst to his parents, he thrived by managing his own business and gambling operation. This riveting story reveals the details of his crime and time spent in prison, and the providential way in which he got clemency.
True to our Schools
New Hampshire Public Television
A 60-minute documentary produced for New Hampshire Public Television profiling the struggles of New Hampshire's public education systems through an examination of three very different public schools.
Alone Together
New Hampshire Public Television/Eastern Education Network
This one-hour documentary focuses on the struggles of the family unit by profiling five New Hampshire families. Distributed nationally through the Eastern Education Network, ALONE TOGETHER received the American Film Institute's Robert M. Bennett Award for excellence in local television programming.
She's the Chief
Penn State University-Rural America Documentary Project/WPSX
This one-hour observational documentary profiles Linda Weaver, Pennsylvania's first female police chief as she struggles with staffing, politics and being a woman in uniform. Produced with P.J. O'Connell for the Rural America Documentary Project.
Soul of a Woman: The Life & Times of Mary Baker Eddy
New Hampshire Public Television
A documentary bio of one of the most powerful women of 19th Century America and the founder of the Christian Science Church.
The Shipyard Dance
Chip Taylor Communications
This program documents the largest public art event ever staged in northern New England, which feature the Liz Lerman Dance Exchange of Washington, DC, known for its unique style of participatory dance. In this celebratory coming together, her unique company of performers combine modern dance, theater and storytelling as they bring to life the history and culture of the Portsmouth Naval Shipyard, and in the process find a common ground between the arts and the military
Chronicle of an American Suburb
Berkeley Media
Park Forest was the ultimate suburb. Made famous as the home of the "organization man," the village defined a new way of living in the 1950s. Filmmaker Jim Gilmore talks with the pioneers of the planned community to document the rise and fall of a unique American dream.
A Crocodile Story
St Augustine Alligator Farm and Zoological Park
This work-for-hire documentary showcased the work of the St. Augustine Alligator Farm with salt water crocodiles. It was designed to be publicly presented in the zoological park, and sold as a stand-alone DVD in the gift shop.
Men at Work: Voices from Detroit's Underground Economy
Berkeley Media
Set in America's most segregated city, where black men are disproportionally the targets of unemployment and incarceration, this documentary profiles some of the creative and resourceful voices from Detroit's underground economy.
Saving Face
Blue Planet Films/Vision Video
Matt Kern was an A student in seventh grade but a year later was stealing cars on the weekends. He eventually landed in prison where, unbeknownst to his parents, he thrived by managing his own business and gambling operation. This riveting story reveals the details of his crime and time spent in prison, and the providential way in which he got clemency.
True to our Schools
New Hampshire Public Television
A 60-minute documentary produced for New Hampshire Public Television profiling the struggles of New Hampshire's public education systems through an examination of three very different public schools.
Alone Together
New Hampshire Public Television/Eastern Education Network
This one-hour documentary focuses on the struggles of the family unit by profiling five New Hampshire families. Distributed nationally through the Eastern Education Network, ALONE TOGETHER received the American Film Institute's Robert M. Bennett Award for excellence in local television programming.
She's the Chief
Penn State University-Rural America Documentary Project/WPSX
This one-hour observational documentary profiles Linda Weaver, Pennsylvania's first female police chief as she struggles with staffing, politics and being a woman in uniform. Produced with P.J. O'Connell for the Rural America Documentary Project.
Soul of a Woman: The Life & Times of Mary Baker Eddy
New Hampshire Public Television
A documentary bio of one of the most powerful women of 19th Century America and the founder of the Christian Science Church.
The Shipyard Dance
Chip Taylor Communications
This program documents the largest public art event ever staged in northern New England, which feature the Liz Lerman Dance Exchange of Washington, DC, known for its unique style of participatory dance. In this celebratory coming together, her unique company of performers combine modern dance, theater and storytelling as they bring to life the history and culture of the Portsmouth Naval Shipyard, and in the process find a common ground between the arts and the military
Chronicle of an American Suburb
Berkeley Media
Park Forest was the ultimate suburb. Made famous as the home of the "organization man," the village defined a new way of living in the 1950s. Filmmaker Jim Gilmore talks with the pioneers of the planned community to document the rise and fall of a unique American dream.
A Crocodile Story
St Augustine Alligator Farm and Zoological Park
This work-for-hire documentary showcased the work of the St. Augustine Alligator Farm with salt water crocodiles. It was designed to be publicly presented in the zoological park, and sold as a stand-alone DVD in the gift shop.
Rebel with a Cause
New Hampshire Public Television/Eastern Education Network
This one-hour documentary profiles New Hampshire Senator Warren Rudman as he speaks candidly on the issues facing Washington in the weeks after after announcing that he will not seek reelection to a third term (1993).
