Justin Zimmerman (born August 16, 1977) is a nationally recognized filmmaker and director. He has had numerous creative positions, including teaching at three colleges, and his production company, Bricker-Down Productions™, has been the recipient of several national awards.
Early Life and Education
Justin Zimmerman was born in Greenwich, Connecticut in 1977 and grew up in Wooster, OH. Zimmerman attended the Ohio State University, gaining an undergraduate degree in English, and attended Ohio University, graduating with an MFA in Film.
First Films and Professional Career
Zimmerman’s first film, ”Meeting Again,” was produced during his graduate studies and detailed the story of the Millfield Mine Disaster, as told by the last living survivor. This film was the recipient of the prestigious Parry/Billman grant and was featured at several Ohio conferences and festivals. His Ohio University Master’s thesis, “One of Five,” had been featured in multiple national film festivals and is currently distributed by Filmakers Library . “One of Five” crosscuts five families from across Ohio, dealing with varied mental, physical and emotional handicaps.
Zimmerman proceeded to teach film studies at Ohio University, and was the instructor for the first undergraduate Sound for Film as well as Violence Through the Western Genre. He also served as a TA for Cinematography I and II for Director of Photography Richie Sherman.
He ran the Athens County School Based Mentoring Program on a Department of Education grant for a year, before taking over a position at Denison University’s Cinema Department and then moving to start a Film, Video and Media emphasis for Western State College of Colorado. During this time, he received two grants from the Ohio Art Council – an Individual Artist Grant and a Fellowship– making him one of the youngest grant recipients of the largest amounts for film work.
Zimmerman’s next film, “The Calling,” was aired on national public television through NETA and won two Telly Awards.
Current Projects and Career
His feature length adaptation of Stephen King’s “The Man Who Loved Flowers” was approved by the author and well received, but failed to find backing before the option elapsed. The script has never been released to the public, though a series of preproduction images shot on location in Maine were.
At Western State College, Zimmerman completed several experimental films and began a yearly film and video Showcase for his students. His films “Lovesick,” “XC ” and “Gothic” were shown at film festivals and museums across the country.
His most recent work, “Fireland,” examines one of America’s largest nursing home fires, an event that changed many federal and state laws but was ignored due to the JFK assassination the same week. Fireland premiered at the Ohio State Wexner Center and is used across Ohio for safety trainings and inspections.
Awards
Meeting Again
Recipient — I. Hollis Parry/Ann Parry Billman Fine Arts Grant, '00
Official Selection — Appalachian Studies Conference, '01
Official Selection — Wayne National Forest Headquarters, Ohio, '02
One of Five
Best Non-Fiction Short — Chicago/IFP Film Festival, '02
Official Selection — Long Beach International Film Festival, '02
Official Selection — Appalachian Studies Conference, '02
Fellowship — Ohio Arts Council, '03
Official Selection — Cleveland International Film Festival, '03
Best Documentary — OUSTUFF, '03
Official Selection — Ohio Independent Film Festival, '03
Official Selection — NextFrame Film Festival, screened in Japan, Chile, Morocco and seven states in multiple venues, '03 - '04
Official Selection — Iowa City International Documentary Festival, '04
Official Selection — Wexner Center For The Arts, '04
Semi-Finalist Documentary — Angelus Awards, '04
Official Selection — The Active Spectator, CalArts, '04
Official Selection — Colorado Academy, '05
Official Selection — Reel Fest Best of the West, '05
Official Selection — Inn At Arrowhead Film Festival, '06
The Calling
Official Selection — New Hampshire Film Expo, '05
Nationally distributed to public television stations through NETA, '05 - '06
Official Selection — Inn At Arrowhead Film Festival, 06
Silver Award for Cinematography — 27th Annual Telly Awards, '06
Bronze Award for Sports Documentary — 27th Annual Telly Awards, '06
Official Selection — 9th Crested Butte Reel Fest, '06
Lovesick
Official Selection — Museum of Contemporary Art/Denver Film Fest, '05
Official Selection — Western Film and Video Showcase, '05
Official Selection — Ophelia Project, '05
Official Selection — 8th Crested Butte Reel Fest, '05
Official Selection — Colorado Academy, '05
Official Selection — Denver Internationl Experimental Film Fest, '06
Fireland
Individual Artist Grant — Ohio Arts Council, '04
Trailer, Official Selection — Wexner Center For The Arts, '04
Production Grant — Western Foundation, '05
Fine Cut, Official Selection — The Majestic, '06
Fine Cut, Official Selection — Ersthausen Fine Arts Center, '06
Fine Cut, Official Selection — Wexner Center For The Arts, '06
Official Selection — Ohio Fire Prevention Bureau, '06 - '07
Official Selection — 10th Crested Butte Reel Fest, '07
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Official Selection — 8th Crested Butte Reel Fest, '05
Best Film — 2nd Annual Western Film and Video Showcase, '06
Gothic
Project Grant — Ohio Arts Council, '06
Official Selection — Ohio Independent Pictures Fiscal Agent Partner, '06
Official Selection — Adaptations Exhibit, Massillon Museum, '06
Official Selection — 10th Crested Butte Reel Fest, '07
Flight
Official Selection — 9th Crested Butte Reel Fest, '06
Migraine
Official Selection — 10th Crested Butte Reel Fest, '07
CW
Official Selection — 10th Crested Butte Reel Fest, '07
Best Film — 3rd Annual Western Film and Video Showcase, '07
Notes and references
Early Life and Education
Justin Zimmerman was born in Greenwich, Connecticut in 1977 and grew up in Wooster, OH. Zimmerman attended the Ohio State University, gaining an undergraduate degree in English, and attended Ohio University, graduating with an MFA in Film.
First Films and Professional Career
Zimmerman’s first film, ”Meeting Again,” was produced during his graduate studies and detailed the story of the Millfield Mine Disaster, as told by the last living survivor. This film was the recipient of the prestigious Parry/Billman grant and was featured at several Ohio conferences and festivals. His Ohio University Master’s thesis, “One of Five,” had been featured in multiple national film festivals and is currently distributed by Filmakers Library . “One of Five” crosscuts five families from across Ohio, dealing with varied mental, physical and emotional handicaps.
Zimmerman proceeded to teach film studies at Ohio University, and was the instructor for the first undergraduate Sound for Film as well as Violence Through the Western Genre. He also served as a TA for Cinematography I and II for Director of Photography Richie Sherman.
He ran the Athens County School Based Mentoring Program on a Department of Education grant for a year, before taking over a position at Denison University’s Cinema Department and then moving to start a Film, Video and Media emphasis for Western State College of Colorado. During this time, he received two grants from the Ohio Art Council – an Individual Artist Grant and a Fellowship– making him one of the youngest grant recipients of the largest amounts for film work.
Zimmerman’s next film, “The Calling,” was aired on national public television through NETA and won two Telly Awards.
Current Projects and Career
His feature length adaptation of Stephen King’s “The Man Who Loved Flowers” was approved by the author and well received, but failed to find backing before the option elapsed. The script has never been released to the public, though a series of preproduction images shot on location in Maine were.
At Western State College, Zimmerman completed several experimental films and began a yearly film and video Showcase for his students. His films “Lovesick,” “XC ” and “Gothic” were shown at film festivals and museums across the country.
His most recent work, “Fireland,” examines one of America’s largest nursing home fires, an event that changed many federal and state laws but was ignored due to the JFK assassination the same week. Fireland premiered at the Ohio State Wexner Center and is used across Ohio for safety trainings and inspections.
Awards
Meeting Again
Recipient — I. Hollis Parry/Ann Parry Billman Fine Arts Grant, '00
Official Selection — Appalachian Studies Conference, '01
Official Selection — Wayne National Forest Headquarters, Ohio, '02
One of Five
Best Non-Fiction Short — Chicago/IFP Film Festival, '02
Official Selection — Long Beach International Film Festival, '02
Official Selection — Appalachian Studies Conference, '02
Fellowship — Ohio Arts Council, '03
Official Selection — Cleveland International Film Festival, '03
Best Documentary — OUSTUFF, '03
Official Selection — Ohio Independent Film Festival, '03
Official Selection — NextFrame Film Festival, screened in Japan, Chile, Morocco and seven states in multiple venues, '03 - '04
Official Selection — Iowa City International Documentary Festival, '04
Official Selection — Wexner Center For The Arts, '04
Semi-Finalist Documentary — Angelus Awards, '04
Official Selection — The Active Spectator, CalArts, '04
Official Selection — Colorado Academy, '05
Official Selection — Reel Fest Best of the West, '05
Official Selection — Inn At Arrowhead Film Festival, '06
The Calling
Official Selection — New Hampshire Film Expo, '05
Nationally distributed to public television stations through NETA, '05 - '06
Official Selection — Inn At Arrowhead Film Festival, 06
Silver Award for Cinematography — 27th Annual Telly Awards, '06
Bronze Award for Sports Documentary — 27th Annual Telly Awards, '06
Official Selection — 9th Crested Butte Reel Fest, '06
Lovesick
Official Selection — Museum of Contemporary Art/Denver Film Fest, '05
Official Selection — Western Film and Video Showcase, '05
Official Selection — Ophelia Project, '05
Official Selection — 8th Crested Butte Reel Fest, '05
Official Selection — Colorado Academy, '05
Official Selection — Denver Internationl Experimental Film Fest, '06
Fireland
Individual Artist Grant — Ohio Arts Council, '04
Trailer, Official Selection — Wexner Center For The Arts, '04
Production Grant — Western Foundation, '05
Fine Cut, Official Selection — The Majestic, '06
Fine Cut, Official Selection — Ersthausen Fine Arts Center, '06
Fine Cut, Official Selection — Wexner Center For The Arts, '06
Official Selection — Ohio Fire Prevention Bureau, '06 - '07
Official Selection — 10th Crested Butte Reel Fest, '07
Edit
Official Selection — 8th Crested Butte Reel Fest, '05
Best Film — 2nd Annual Western Film and Video Showcase, '06
Gothic
Project Grant — Ohio Arts Council, '06
Official Selection — Ohio Independent Pictures Fiscal Agent Partner, '06
Official Selection — Adaptations Exhibit, Massillon Museum, '06
Official Selection — 10th Crested Butte Reel Fest, '07
Flight
Official Selection — 9th Crested Butte Reel Fest, '06
Migraine
Official Selection — 10th Crested Butte Reel Fest, '07
CW
Official Selection — 10th Crested Butte Reel Fest, '07
Best Film — 3rd Annual Western Film and Video Showcase, '07
Notes and references
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The object of this process is to prolong the shelf life of beef, that is to say, prolong the time between production and consumption of the beef for humans , in such a way that the result is assured, without having to recur to freezing or other methods of conservation.
The period of prolongation of the quality of the product depends on factors involved in the vacuum process, as each one interact during the procedure.
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Subzero Zine is an independent print music magazine based out of Long Island.
It was started in March 2006 by Kelly Loeffler, Amanda LaRocco and Alexa Panopoulos. Alexa and Amanda soon headed other ways; Amanda creating her own publication, known as Heyy Indiana Magazine. Subzero is still being run by Kelly and now Tara Rosa, who joined aboard in March 2007.
Previous bands Subzero has interviewed include, Relient K, Envy on the Coast, Orion, Roses are Red, Jay Hansen, This Providence, Kill the Arcade, June, All Time Low, East of Brooklyn, Cute Is What We Aim For, My Getaway, November Kills, Permanent Me, Emanuel, Always Rushing By, Juniper Sky, Cambridge, Spitalfield, Over It, A Static Lullaby, Punchline, Valencia, Bayside, We Are The Fury, Anberlin, Driving East, Men Women & Children, MC Lars, Fire Escape, Chiodos, Aiden, Senses Fail, Circa Survive, 2*Sweet, AKissForJersey, The High Court, Socratic, The Graduate, Forever the Sickest Kids, LoveHateHero, Big City Lights, Boys Night Out, Olympia, Disarming Arctica, Stereo Skyline, Sunday Night Scene, Brookside, Destiny or Design, Meg & Dia, The Varsity, Dr. Manhattan, Nassau, H is for Hero, Bela Kiss, Monty Are I, Powerspace, Holiday Parade & Madina Lake.
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It was started in March 2006 by Kelly Loeffler, Amanda LaRocco and Alexa Panopoulos. Alexa and Amanda soon headed other ways; Amanda creating her own publication, known as Heyy Indiana Magazine. Subzero is still being run by Kelly and now Tara Rosa, who joined aboard in March 2007.
Previous bands Subzero has interviewed include, Relient K, Envy on the Coast, Orion, Roses are Red, Jay Hansen, This Providence, Kill the Arcade, June, All Time Low, East of Brooklyn, Cute Is What We Aim For, My Getaway, November Kills, Permanent Me, Emanuel, Always Rushing By, Juniper Sky, Cambridge, Spitalfield, Over It, A Static Lullaby, Punchline, Valencia, Bayside, We Are The Fury, Anberlin, Driving East, Men Women & Children, MC Lars, Fire Escape, Chiodos, Aiden, Senses Fail, Circa Survive, 2*Sweet, AKissForJersey, The High Court, Socratic, The Graduate, Forever the Sickest Kids, LoveHateHero, Big City Lights, Boys Night Out, Olympia, Disarming Arctica, Stereo Skyline, Sunday Night Scene, Brookside, Destiny or Design, Meg & Dia, The Varsity, Dr. Manhattan, Nassau, H is for Hero, Bela Kiss, Monty Are I, Powerspace, Holiday Parade & Madina Lake.
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Goise
Goise, pronounced like "noise", is a 'wild-card' slang word, widely used among all age groups throughout the United States. You may have heard the rage yourself. You may know someone who uses this term and wondered what it means and why you've been hearing it.
The word itself is unique, for it has no actual meaning. It can be used as a verb or a noun, depending on the application. Many use the word simply when they can think of no other comment. Example: (person 1): "I found a new coat that has a hood, I'm happy about that." (person 2): "umm....goise."
Goise can also be used as a greeting, usually to unexpecting strangers. You can simply yell Goise! (for no apparent reason, of course) to someone walking down the street, or say "Goise!" to someone who holds the door open for you. In these cases, goise can be used as a verb, especially in past-tense. Example: "I goised someone today!"
The possibilities are endless really. Goise is not intended to be used as an insult, although unwary strangers, upon hearing the strange greeting, may take it as such.
A person who loyally uses the word, despite any who find it strange, is referred to as a "goiserclause", a take-off of names such as "Santa Clause".
www.urbandictionary.com currently has a brief definition of "goise".
Goise, pronounced like "noise", is a 'wild-card' slang word, widely used among all age groups throughout the United States. You may have heard the rage yourself. You may know someone who uses this term and wondered what it means and why you've been hearing it.
The word itself is unique, for it has no actual meaning. It can be used as a verb or a noun, depending on the application. Many use the word simply when they can think of no other comment. Example: (person 1): "I found a new coat that has a hood, I'm happy about that." (person 2): "umm....goise."
Goise can also be used as a greeting, usually to unexpecting strangers. You can simply yell Goise! (for no apparent reason, of course) to someone walking down the street, or say "Goise!" to someone who holds the door open for you. In these cases, goise can be used as a verb, especially in past-tense. Example: "I goised someone today!"
The possibilities are endless really. Goise is not intended to be used as an insult, although unwary strangers, upon hearing the strange greeting, may take it as such.
A person who loyally uses the word, despite any who find it strange, is referred to as a "goiserclause", a take-off of names such as "Santa Clause".
www.urbandictionary.com currently has a brief definition of "goise".