Jim Mickle | |
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Born | 1979 (age 44–45)
Pottstown, Pennsylvania, U.S. |
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Years active | 2006–present |
Jim Mickle (born 1979) [1] is an American director and writer, known for such films as Mulberry Street, Stake Land, We Are What We Are and Cold in July. He also co-developed the SundanceTV series Hap and Leonard, and the Netflix series Sweet Tooth.
Jim Mickle was born in Pottstown, Pennsylvania in 1979. [1] [2] Mickle was inspired to become a director after he saw Army of Darkness. [1] He attended New York University and graduated in 2002. He worked as a production assistant and grip on a series of films by first-time directors who had not gone to film school. The experiences were frustrating for him, and he described the films as vanity projects. [3] Mickle prefers directing and editing to writing, and he is attracted to the flexibility and intensity of horror films. [4]
Mickle and Nick Damici met while working on a student thesis film in 2001. While there, they came up with the idea for a zombie film. This concept eventually morphed into their first collaboration, Mulberry Street, a horror film about gentrification in New York City. [3] Mickle's second film, Stake Land, was a New York Times Critics' Pick. [5] His 2013 film We Are What We Are was screened at the 2013 Sundance Film Festival [6] and in the Directors' Fortnight section at the 2013 Cannes Film Festival. [7] He directed the film adaptation of Joe R. Lansdale's novel Cold in July, in which Michael C. Hall starred, [8] [9] and has worked on Esperanza, the story of a fatal wildfire in southern California, adapted by Sean O'Keefe from a book by John N. Maclean. [10] In 2016 Mickle & Damici developed the TV series Hap and Leonard, based on Joe R. Lansdale's novels, with Mickle directing multiple episodes during the series' three seasons.
Year | Organization | Award |
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2007 | Toronto After Dark Film Festival | After Dark Spirit Award [11] |
2007 | Amsterdam Fantastic Film Festival | Special mention [12] |
2010 | Toronto International Film Festival | People's Choice Award [13] |
2011 | Neuchâtel International Fantasy Film Festival | Special mention [14] |
2014 | Sitges Film Festival | Best director in Official Fantàstic Òrbita Category Awards for Cold in July |
Title | Year | Metacritic | Rotten Tomatoes | Notes |
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Mulberry Street | 2006 | N/A | 70% [15] | |
Stake Land | 2010 | 66/100 [16] | 75% [17] | |
We Are What We Are | 2013 | 69/100 [18] | 85% [19] | |
Cold in July | 2014 | 73/100 | 85% [20] | |
Hap and Leonard | 2016–2018 | 73/100 | 87% [21] | TV series |
In the Shadow of the Moon | 2019 | 48/100 | 59% [22] | |
Sweet Tooth | 2021 | 78/100 | 97% [23] | TV series |
God Country | TBA | TBD | TBD | [24] |