James Kerwin, FRSA (born October 13, 1973) is an American film director, theatre director, and screenwriter.
James Kerwin FRSA | |
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Born | (1973-10-13) October 13, 1973 (age 49) St. Louis, Missouri, US |
Citizenship | United States Republic of Ireland[1] |
Occupation | Director, screenwriter |
Years active | 1995–present |
Website | jameskerwin |
Kerwin, who was born in St. Louis, Missouri, attended Parkway Central High School in Chesterfield.[2]
Kerwin graduated with a film degree from Texas Christian University in 1995 and a minor in astronomy and physics. He served as a lab instructor and guest artist at T.C.U. and the University of Texas at Austin.[3]
He is a member of Phi Beta Kappa and Mensa, and is a Fellow of the Royal Society of Arts.[4][5]
Kerwin has been noted for his Shakespearean adaptations of A Midsummer Night's Dream, Cardenio and Venus and Adonis.[6] In 2003 he staged Amber Benson's play Albert Hall in Los Angeles, California. In the early 2000s he was a frequent guest director for Daniel Henning and Noah Wyle's Blank Theatre Company and for Travis Schuldt's Lone Star Ensemble. Other projects include the "sci-fi noir" film Yesterday Was a Lie with Kipleigh Brown and Chase Masterson, which earned a number of prizes on the film festival circuit in 2008 and 2009.[7] He and Brown again collaborated on Star Trek Continues, on which Kerwin served as writer/director from 2014-2017.
The MMORPG Star Trek Online features Kerwin as a non-player character, voiced by actor Jordan Reynolds.[8]
Kerwin's nieces—Elara and Rhea Kerwin—portrayed Summer Newman on The Young and the Restless.[9]