Jim Sikora is a Chicago based American film director, writer, and
producer and is considered a pioneer in DV filmmaking. Sikora is best
known for his independent micro-budgeted feature films "Walls in the
City", starring Paula Killen, Bill Cusack, Tony Fitzpatrick, and David
Yow of the rock band The Jesus Lizard, with a soundtrack by The
Denison/Kimball Trio; "Bullet on a Wire" starring Jeff Strong, Paula
Killen, Lara Phillips, David Yow, and Cinema of Transgression legend
Richard Kern; "Rock & Roll Punk" which features members of Hüsker
Dü, The Descendents, Big Black, Tortoise, and Slint; "My Charbroiled
Burger with Brewer" starring Mike Watt of Minutemen and The Stooges
and Jack Brewer of Saccharine Trust.Sikora's films and videos have
aired everywhere from MTV's "120 Minutes" to PBS's "Image Union". His
film “Bullet on a Wire†was shown in 18 film festivals in the
United States, and worldwide, including the Rotterdam International
Film Festival, The Munich International Film Festival, and in London
at the ICA as part of the American Underground Cinema retrospective.
The film also made Kevin Thomas's list as one of the best movies of
1998 in the LA Times.Sikora has had successful theatrical runs of his
pictures in New York City, Chicago, and Los Angeles.Sikora (born James
Vincent Lato III) was raised in Chicago, Illinois, and in the greater
Chicagoland area. He attended Columbia College Chicago on the G.I.
Bill after being honorably discharged from the U.S. Army. He has made
music videos and promos for labels such as SST Records, Touch & Go,
Amphetamine Reptile, Arista, and Rykodisk. The bands he's created
videos and promos for are as varied and diverse as Urge Overkill, The
Frogs, The Leaving Trains, Mike Watt, The Jesus Lizard, Pegboy, Mutts,
Enuff Z' Nuff, The Screaming Trees, Greg Ginn of Black Flag, and The
Roots.
producer and is considered a pioneer in DV filmmaking. Sikora is best
known for his independent micro-budgeted feature films "Walls in the
City", starring Paula Killen, Bill Cusack, Tony Fitzpatrick, and David
Yow of the rock band The Jesus Lizard, with a soundtrack by The
Denison/Kimball Trio; "Bullet on a Wire" starring Jeff Strong, Paula
Killen, Lara Phillips, David Yow, and Cinema of Transgression legend
Richard Kern; "Rock & Roll Punk" which features members of Hüsker
Dü, The Descendents, Big Black, Tortoise, and Slint; "My Charbroiled
Burger with Brewer" starring Mike Watt of Minutemen and The Stooges
and Jack Brewer of Saccharine Trust.Sikora's films and videos have
aired everywhere from MTV's "120 Minutes" to PBS's "Image Union". His
film “Bullet on a Wire†was shown in 18 film festivals in the
United States, and worldwide, including the Rotterdam International
Film Festival, The Munich International Film Festival, and in London
at the ICA as part of the American Underground Cinema retrospective.
The film also made Kevin Thomas's list as one of the best movies of
1998 in the LA Times.Sikora has had successful theatrical runs of his
pictures in New York City, Chicago, and Los Angeles.Sikora (born James
Vincent Lato III) was raised in Chicago, Illinois, and in the greater
Chicagoland area. He attended Columbia College Chicago on the G.I.
Bill after being honorably discharged from the U.S. Army. He has made
music videos and promos for labels such as SST Records, Touch & Go,
Amphetamine Reptile, Arista, and Rykodisk. The bands he's created
videos and promos for are as varied and diverse as Urge Overkill, The
Frogs, The Leaving Trains, Mike Watt, The Jesus Lizard, Pegboy, Mutts,
Enuff Z' Nuff, The Screaming Trees, Greg Ginn of Black Flag, and The
Roots.
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