The Farm Theater’s Bullpen Sessions
Arts:Performing Arts
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 29: Damon Kiely
Bullpen Sessions Episode 23: Nicole Brewer
Bullpen Sessions Episode 20: Rajiv Joseph
Bullpen Sessions Episode 19: Adam Szymkowicz
Bullpen Sessions Episode 18: Ashlee Latimer
Bullpen Sessions Episode 17: Maegan McNerney Azar
Bullpen Sessions Episode 16: Chisa Hutchinson
Bullpen Sessions Episode 14: Eric T. Miller
Bullpen Sessions Episode 13: Taibi Magar
Bullpen Sessions Episode 12: Liza Colón-Zayas
Bullpen Sessions Episode 11: Trevor Long
Bullpen Sessions Episode Ten: Rick Steiger
Bullpen Sessions Episode Nine: Judy Bowman
Bullpen Sessions Episode Eight: Megan Kingery
Bullpen Sessions Episode Seven: Portia
Bullpen Sessions Episode Five: Raúl Castillo
Bullpen Sessions Episode Four: Lisa Arrindell
Bullpen Sessions Episode Three: Kristoffer Diaz
Bullpen Sessions Episode Two: Susie Pourfar
Bullpen Sessions Episode One: Aaron Roman Weiner
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