James Kerwin is an American

United States

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 film and theatre director.

Kerwin, who attended Parkway Central High School

Parkway Central High School

Parkway Central High School is a secondary school located in Chesterfield, Missouri. The school's mascot is the Colt. Parkway Central High School is the original high school in the Parkway School District in St. Louis County. It serves 1,353 students in grades 9-12...

 in Chesterfield, Missouri

Chesterfield, Missouri

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, has been noted for his Shakespearean adaptations of A Midsummer Night's Dream

A Midsummer Night's Dream

A Midsummer Night's Dream is a play that was written by William Shakespeare. It is believed to have been written between 1590 and 1596. It portrays the events surrounding the marriage of the Duke of Athens, Theseus, and the Queen of the Amazons, Hippolyta...

, Cardenio

Cardenio

The History of Cardenio, often referred to as merely Cardenio, is a lost play, known to have been performed by The King's Men, a London theatre company, in 1613. It was attributed to William Shakespeare and John Fletcher in a Stationers' Register entry of 1653...

and Venus and Adonis

Venus and Adonis (Shakespeare poem)

Venus and Adonis is a poem by William Shakespeare, written in 1592–1593, with a plot based on passages from Ovid's Metamorphoses. It is a complex, kaleidoscopic work, using constantly shifting tone and perspective to present contrasting views of the nature of love.-Publication:Venus and Adonis was...

. In 2003 he collaborated with Amber Benson

Amber Benson

Amber Nicole Benson is an American actress, writer, film director, and film producer. She is best known for her role as Tara Maclay on the TV series Buffy the Vampire Slayer, but has also directed, produced and starred in her own films Chance and Lovers, Liars & Lunatics...

 to stage the play Albert Hall in Los Angeles, California

Los Angeles, California

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. In the early 2000s he was a frequent guest director for Daniel Henning and Noah Wyle

Noah Wyle

Noah Strausser Speer Wyle is an American film, television and theatre actor. He is best known for his role as Dr. John Truman Carter III in the Medical drama ER. He has also played Steve Jobs in the 1999 docudrama Pirates of Silicon Valley and Flynn Carsen in The Librarian franchise...

's Blank Theatre Company

Blank Theatre Company

The Blank Theatre Company is a non-profit theatre company located in Los Angeles, California. It was founded in 1990 by Daniel Henning, who is today the company's Artistic Director/Producer. The Blank’s mission is to produce either premieres or "reinventions" of previously-produced material...

 and for Travis Schuldt

Travis Schuldt

Travis Schuldt is an American actor. He originated the role of Ethan Winthrop on the NBC soap opera Passions from 1999 to 2002, and played a recurring role of Keith Dudemeister in the sitcom Scrubs from 2006-2008.-Career:...

's Lone Star Ensemble. His recent projects include the "sci-fi

Science fiction

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 noir

Film noir

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" film Yesterday Was a Lie

Yesterday Was a Lie

Yesterday Was a Lie is a 2009 neo-noir film written and directed by James Kerwin and starring Kipleigh Brown, Chase Masterson, John Newton, and Mik Scriba...

, which earned a number of prizes on the film festival

Film festival

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 circuit in 2008 and 2009.

Kerwin graduated with a film degree from Texas Christian University

Texas Christian University

Texas Christian University is a private, coeducational university located in Fort Worth, Texas, United States and founded in 1873. TCU is affiliated with, but not governed by, the Disciples of Christ...

 in 1995 and a minor in astronomy and physics

Astrophysics

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