Jim Furrer(I)
- Cinematographer
- Camera and Electrical Department
Jim Furrer's initial 1971 film "The Orchard Heritage", sponsored by the
American Film Institute, received an Academy Award student nomination
for best short subject animation. His next eight years were spent with
public television stations working on shows including "Out Of Thin Air"
starring Marcel Marceau, and three seasons with guest stars Henry
Fonda, Jack Lemmon, E. G. Marshall, William Shatner, Vincent Price and
others on "Anyone For Tennyson?" Furrer launched his career as an
independent lighting cameraman in 1983. He won the 1988 CINE Golden
Eagle award for "Rowing The Mainstream" - an hour-long documentary
exploring motivational programs for the physically challenged, and
served as series DP on 14 episodes for the network series
"Newsleaders". His work on "Partners In Progress", a visual history of
100 years of transportation, placed him in the top five internationally
at the 1989 AGFA Forum Awards in West Germany.
As Director of Photography, he won a 1990 Emmy Award for the television feature "First Cowboy's Fall From Grace". Following year he filmed 1991's ITS Monitor Award winner, "In The Name Of Satan". Other major credits include a month-long documentary with famous defense attorney Gerry Spence for director John McTiernan's ("Die Hard") Tongue River Pictures; U.S. segments to the six-part British documentary "Solar Empire" and contributing photography on the science miniseries "Three Minutes To Impact" seen on the Discovery Channel. Credits also list second-unit work on the feature film "The Princess And the Dwarf," effects segments for "Switchback" with Dennis Quaid and Danny Glover; "The Making of Quest" for TBS Original Productions and interviews and behind-the-scenes footage for ABC Television network's mini-series, "Steven King's The Shining."
In 1997 Furrer completed photography on his first full-length feature, Raising the Stakes (1999) for Emerald Oceans Media. In 1998 he completed two more feature films, Moosie (1999) for Sunstone Communications, Sign of the Times (1999) for Sought Pictures and the television pilot Class (1998) for First Class Productions. His most recent theatrical DP credit came with 2001's _Tantalus, Behind the Mask (2001) (TV)_ which premiered on the BBC and later aired on PBS. "Tantalus" was nominated for a 2001 National Emmy Award. Jim Furrer is a past member of IATSE Local 600; American Society of Lighting Designers; and the National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences. He spent summers from 1984 to 1990 teaching video production and unit managing at the International Film and Television Workshops in Rockport, Maine and since 1989 received annual listings in "Who's Who In Entertainment" and "New Media." He currently lives near Bear Valley, Colorado where he pursues his hobby of large format photography, and continues to work nationally.
As Director of Photography, he won a 1990 Emmy Award for the television feature "First Cowboy's Fall From Grace". Following year he filmed 1991's ITS Monitor Award winner, "In The Name Of Satan". Other major credits include a month-long documentary with famous defense attorney Gerry Spence for director John McTiernan's ("Die Hard") Tongue River Pictures; U.S. segments to the six-part British documentary "Solar Empire" and contributing photography on the science miniseries "Three Minutes To Impact" seen on the Discovery Channel. Credits also list second-unit work on the feature film "The Princess And the Dwarf," effects segments for "Switchback" with Dennis Quaid and Danny Glover; "The Making of Quest" for TBS Original Productions and interviews and behind-the-scenes footage for ABC Television network's mini-series, "Steven King's The Shining."
In 1997 Furrer completed photography on his first full-length feature, Raising the Stakes (1999) for Emerald Oceans Media. In 1998 he completed two more feature films, Moosie (1999) for Sunstone Communications, Sign of the Times (1999) for Sought Pictures and the television pilot Class (1998) for First Class Productions. His most recent theatrical DP credit came with 2001's _Tantalus, Behind the Mask (2001) (TV)_ which premiered on the BBC and later aired on PBS. "Tantalus" was nominated for a 2001 National Emmy Award. Jim Furrer is a past member of IATSE Local 600; American Society of Lighting Designers; and the National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences. He spent summers from 1984 to 1990 teaching video production and unit managing at the International Film and Television Workshops in Rockport, Maine and since 1989 received annual listings in "Who's Who In Entertainment" and "New Media." He currently lives near Bear Valley, Colorado where he pursues his hobby of large format photography, and continues to work nationally.