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 40: Melissa Friedman
Bullpen Sessions Episode 39: France-Luce Benson
Bullpen Sessions Episode 38: Juan Villa
Bullpen Sessions Episode 37: Purva Bedi
Bullpen Sessions Episode 36: Florencia Lozano
Bullpen Sessions Episode 35: Felix Solis
Bullpen Sessions Episode 34: Andrea Dymond
Bullpen Sessions Episode 33: Lisa Ramirez
Bullpen Sessions Episode 32: Victor Malana Maog
Bullpen Sessions Episode 31: Elyzabeth Wilder
Bullpen Sessions Episode 30: Jessica Asch
Bullpen Sessions Episode 28: Celeste Lagrotteria
Bullpen Sessions Episode 27: Jenni Werner
Bullpen Sessions Episode 25: Kerry O'Malley
Bullpen Sessions Episode 24: Stephanie Klapper
Bullpen Sessions Episode 26: Michael Stuhlbarg
Bullpen Sessions Episode 22: Christine Bruno
Bullpen Sessions Episode 21: Estefanía Fadul
Bullpen Sessions Episode Six: Matthew Hallock
Bullpen Sessions Episode 15: Laura Jellinek
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