🎩 Many Hats, One Mission: Animator, storyboard artist, director, story consultant—you name it, I've done it.

🛠️ AI App Builder: solo-developed Subtxt from the ground-up to serve storytellers across the 🌎

🎬 Notable Projects:

Shaped Disney's Tangled series
Contributed to Canada's Oscar pick for 2023, Eternal Spring

🌟 Impact & Influence:

Collaborated with Mike DiMartino (Avatar: The Last Airbender), Sebastien de Castell (acclaimed novelist), and Dave Collard (Blacklist 2020 Top 3 Spec Script)
Mentored creators behind hits like The Mitchells vs. The Machines and Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles

🕰️ 25+ Years in Animation: Worked on 15+ films for Disney and Dreamworks, including Tarzan, Shrek 2, and How to Train Your Dragon.

📝 Learned from Legends: Written & storyboarded for Warner Bros.' Chuck Jones; directed for Sony Pictures Television and Dreamworks TV. World's leading expert on Dramatica (thanks to the theory's co-creators 🙏).

✨ My Goal: Teach you to nail the story early—saving you time and drafts.

🚀 Ready to Write? Let's dive into your first draft, done right, the first time around!

Jim has taught over 120+ students on Maven (not to mention the countless hundreds at CalArts and thousands over the years). You can find a comprehensive 6-week version of this class here:

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