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James Redford Biography

James Redford is Founder of The James Redford Institute for Transplant Awareness (JRI), a nonprofit organization dedicated to educating the public about the need for organ and tissue donation through film, educational outreach and the web. James founded the organization in 1995, two years after receiving a liver transplant at the University of Nebraska Medical Center.

To meet this goal, James Redford produced The Kindness of Strangers, a feature-length award-winning documentary film, which premiered on HBO. The Kindness of Strangers won the Crystal Heart Award at the Heartland Film Festival and Best Documentary at the Chicago Alternative Film Festival.; Through JRI, James also prodcuced Flow, a short drama targeted to high schools and community based youth programs. Flow is accompanied by an Educational Outreach Kit, which contains the video, lesson plans and support materials for high school teachers and community leaders. The Flow educational kits are currently in use in school systems, community organizations and youth groups across the country. The JRI web site has also been a resource for those seeking information about organ donation and those who have already been touched by transplantation and want to share their story.  www.jrifilms.org reaches thousands of people each week.

James Redford is currently producing the HBO documentary titled,"Man V. Ford", about the Ramapough Indians of New Jersey and their fight for environmental justice. In 2004, he  made his feature film directorial debut with "Spin", starring Stanley Tucci, Ryan Merriman, Dana Delaney, Paula Garcés and Rubén Blades, based on his adaptation of the novel of the same name. "Spin" premiered as an official selection of the Mill Valley Film Festival in October 2004, A Showtime Feature "Spin" won a Crystal Heart Award at the Heartland Film Festival. Redford also wrote the screenplays for Xavier Koller's "Cowboy Up" starring Kiefer Sutherland, Darryl Hannah and Pete Postlethwaite and "Skinwalkers" - director Chris Eyre's PBS/Mystery movie that wasf the highest rated PBS program of 2002. The Acting Thing, for which he wrote the screenplay, was named best comedic short film at the Houston Film Festival and premiered on the Sundance Channel. 

Jamie holds a Bachelor's degree in creative writing and film from the University of Colorado, Boulder, and a Master's degree in literature from Northwestern University. He chairs the Redford Center, which opened offices in Berkley in March of '09. He also writes music and plays guitar in Marin County's local music scene, where he lives with his wife and two children.