The Farm Theater’s Bullpen Sessions
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James LeBrecht has over 40 years of experience as a film and theater sound designer and mixer, filmmaker, author and disability rights activist. LeBrecht co-directed and co-produced, with Nicole Newnham, the 2021 Oscar nominated feature length documentary, Crip Camp. Crip Camp received the 2020 Sundance Film Festival Audience Award for feature length documentary, the 2021 Independent Spirit award for Best Feature Documentary and a 2021 Peabody Award. Jim began his career in the theater in 1978, working as the resident sound designer at Berkeley Repertory Theatre for 10 years. In 1996, LeBrecht founded Berkeley Sound Artists, an audio postproduction house. His film credits include Minding the Gap, The Island President, The Waiting Room, Audrie and Daisy and, of course, Crip Camp. Jim’s work as an activist began in high school and continued at UC, San Diego, where he helped found the Disabled Students Union. Jim is currently a board member at the Disability Rights Education & Defense Fund. Some of LeBrecht’s additional accomplishments include co-founding FWD-Doc, an organization that supports documentary filmmakers with disabilities and being a character consultant for Pixar Animation Studios for 2 of their films. Jim is a member of the Disability Futures Fellowship, an initiative of the Ford Foundation and The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation. He is also a member of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences and the Academy of Television Arts & Sciences.
Bullpen Sessions Episode 80: Dipti Bramhandkar
Bullpen Sessions Episode 79: Eden Marryshow
Bullpen Sessions Episode 78: Jake Brasch
Bullpen Sessions Episode 77: Tricia Alexandro
Bullpen Sessions Episode 76: Ajay Naidu
Bullpen Sessions Episode 75: Jessi D. Hill
Bullpen Sessions Episode 74: Lori Vega
Bullpen Sessions Episode 73: Erin Mallon
Bullpen Sessions Episode 72: Katie Mack
Bullpen Sessions Episode 71: Awoye Timpo
Bullpen Sessions Episode 70: Suzy DeVore
Bullpen Sessions Episode 69: Dr. Indira Etwaroo
Bullpen Sessions Episode 68: Skylar Fox
Bullpen Sessions Episode 67: Stacey Raymond
Bullpen Sessions Episode 66: Neptune
Bullpen Sessions Episode 65: Scott Illingworth
Bullpen Sessions Episode 64: Rob Kaplowitz
Bullpen Sessions Episode 63: Maggie Bofill
Bullpen Sessions Episode 62: Douglas Taurel
Bullpen Sessions Episode 61: Andrea Ciannavei
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