USA He’s a cinematographer, camera operator and writer, who makes his living shooting commercials, documentaries, features and writing articles for trade magazines. He is well-known for his high speed cinematography and he also does VFX, stop motion and live action work. He began his career, or life, in the cornfields and fishing ponds of New Jersey. He learned the foundation of hard work dedication and responsibility from his hard working parents. Although an outdoor enthusiast, Jim watched a fair amount of TV, in fact he can still recite many commercials and is nostalgic for hit shows of the 70's like “The Brady Bunch”. Jim’s love affair with photography was discovered in his first photography class in college, as Jim states "It was like getting a shot of heroin to the temple I was immediately addicted." After that Jim was completely dedicated to his artistic path, eventually expanding to the motion image. He began his career in VFX for movies, quickly migrated to commercials, making pit stops in Imax, documentaries and live action features.