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James A MacEachern

Michigan

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Title/Occupation:  Writer 

Services Provided:  Film/Video Editing 

Gender: Male

Race: Caucasian/White

Citizenship: USA

Languages Spoken: English

Biography: 

James A. MacEachern
3622 Partridge Path Apt. 3
Ann Arbor, MI 48108 maceachernj@msn.com

Qualifications Professional Script Writer/Editor with Diverse Experience in
Summary Research and Development of Material for Film and Video Production
Documentary Videos
• “Golden Saddles, Silver Spurs,” two hour program on the early history of movie
westerns (Media Entertainment, Inc., Tampa, FL) Broadcast Encore Westerns 2006
• “Inland Lakes: A Delicate Balance,” 30-minute survey of water quality in Michigan lakes (West Bloomfield Township Environmental Planning Board, MI, 1992)
Corporate Videos
• “Shriners Hospitals,” an historic overview used in 23 public relations tapes, each
featuring a different hospital (Media Entertainment, Inc., Tampa, FL, 2000)
• “Inner City Empowerment Zones,” a 10-minute overview of a federal grant
program - Detroit Chamber of Commerce (Jack Morton Productions, Troy, MI, 1994)

Dramatic Scripts for Theater & Film
• Once Upon a Time in the West, a satire on John F. Kennedy and his contemporaries,
staged reading (Emerging Artist Grant, Hillsborough County Arts, Tampa, FL, 2000)
• The Good War, a biographical account of an aerial photographer’s World War II
adventures (K&W Audiovisual, Jacksonville, FL, 1991)
• Higher and Higher, a search for the lost years of an amnesia victim (Michigan
Council for the Arts, Lansing, MI, 1986)

Publications
• "Mickey Rooney: Seriously!" The Bright Lights Film Journal (February, 2013)
• “Art and Business of Screen Writing,” in Film and Video Career Directory
(Visible Ink Press, Detroit, MI, 1994)
• “Jean Cocteau,” an introductory biography with an annotated bibliography in
Read More About It, Vol. III (Pierian Press, Ann Arbor, MI, 1989)
• “Ingmar Bergman,” an introductory biography with an annotated bibliography in
Read More About It, Vol II (Pierian Press, Ann Arbor, MI, 1988)

Certification
Florida Educational Media Specialist (2003)

Education
M.A., Mass Communications - Wayne State University - Detroit, MI
B.S., History - Eastern Michigan University - Ypsilanti, MI

Awards
Individual Artist Grant-Pinellas County-St. Petersburg, FL (2008)
Artist Enhancement Grant-Florida Division of Cultural Affairs, (2007)
Artist Enhancement Grant-Florida Division of Cultural Affairs, (2005)
Individual Artist Grant-Hillsborough County-Tampa, FL (2005)
First Place, Scripts - Tampa Writers Alliance - Tampa, FL (2003)
Semifinalist, National PlayLabs Competition - The Playwrights’ Center - Minneapolis, MN
(2003)
Emerging Artist Grant - Hillsborough County Arts Council - Tampa, FL (2000)
Second Place, Florida Playwrights Process - Clearwater, FL (2000)
Creative Artist Grant - Michigan Council for the Arts - Lansing, MI (1986)

Professional
Final Cut Pro 101, “Editing” Workshop-Southfield, MI (2007)
Robert McKee, “Story” Workshop-Los Angeles, CA (2005)
Workshops
Richard Walters Screenwriting Workshop - University of California - Los Angeles
Michael Hague Screenwriting Workshop - Wayne State University - Detroit, MI
Affiliation
Member, Writers Guild of America,West.
International Documentary Association