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Author:
Judith James
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Judith is the editor-in-chief of TRACTION and a film, stage and television producer who is in a film partnership with Richard Dreyfuss at Dreyfuss/James Productions and a theater partnership with Camille Cosby.
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Judith James is a film, stage and television producer who is in a film partnership with Richard Dreyfuss at Dreyfuss/James Productions.
Originally a New York theatrical producer of 11 award winning plays, her first television production was the Emmy winning "IN HER OWN WORDS" for KCET and American Playhouse and the Mark Taper Forum .
Her film credits include an executive producer of QUIZ SHOW, a producer of MR. HOLLAND?S OPUS, producer of TRIGGER HAPPY starring Dreyfuss, Jeff Goldblum, Gabriel Byrne and Ellen Barkin, and movies for HBO, TNT, ABC and CBS. In addition she has served as consulting producer on Mr. Dreyfuss? films.
In a theatrical partnership with Camille Cosby, Judith also produced the Broadway play of HAVING OUR SAY; The Delany Sisters? First 100 Years by Emily Mann, subsequent tours and the movie version, directed by Lynne Littman, for CBS, starring Ruby Dee and Diahann Carroll. HAVING OUR SAY received the coveted Peabody Award for Excellence in Broadcast Journalism.
In January 2006, she wrapped principal photography on the thriller, THE FOREST, which she produced in India in the foothills of the Himalayas. It is by writer/director Ashvin Kumar, an Academy Award nominee for a short film last year.
She is presently developing a Broadway musical on Pearl Bailey RAW PEARL with Bill and Camille Cosby and, with Viva Productions, readying the independent film, DAYS OF FEAR to star Woody Harrelson to shoot in South Africa.
In January 2005, Ms. James was instrumental in securing and constructing for WOMEN IN FILM an alliance with General Motors under which GM has supported a myriad of WIF programs and events for 3 years ending 2007.
She is the editor-in-chief of TRACTION.
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THE SHOW YOUR WORK ISSUE
We've got a new section - SHOW YOUR WORK. And the new articles today are actually reflections on the need for a place to do so. Being able to show your ability to create.
The article on process about Kristi Zea, by Pamela Johnson - and the article on the Viral Video Night by Erin Condron are both about Creativity. How do we create. Admittedly its part talent, part instinct, part training, part determination, part discipline. My model has been heavy on the training and discipline. If you've got "it", you have to be able to deliver it. Kristi Zea got to the top of her form via all parts.
But, what happens on Youtube (generically speaking)? What happens in the contests to make-the-best-ad-on-your phone? Is the combination of naive talent expressed digitally in under 2 minutes good for 'us' (artists or audiences) ?
I don't know. Amongst the proliferation are some truly clever, smartly conceived, wonderfully written 'bits' most notably comic.. And a popular one can be a tremendous boost for a career - as a comic, comic writer, or copy writer. Take a second. Watch it. Funny? Vote.
But it can't be the only model or all the internet is good for?
We - especially young us - have an awfully hard time showing what we are made of. How good we are at story-telling, crafting what we want to communicate. Getting our foots in the door to advance us and change the conversations.
Work expressed through media, be it serious, sweet, understanding, terrible or great tales - needs to be seen. How can we describe in words a short we've made, a doc we've started, an animated story. And if it's not funny....
Show it here. Let's get some dialogue going around serious work.
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