Jim was born in Maine, in the USA, but made his home in Vienna, and has built a wonderful reputation as a performer, director, and artistic consultant.

He has performed in some of Europe’s most illustrious theatres, has worked continually in television and film, and is a featured voice-over artist in several prize winning film, commercial, and art productions. 


In the world of improvisational theatre, Jim is in great demand. He is a founding member of the English Lovers and has performed with or taught literally thousands of actors, directors, dancers, musicians, teachers, and just plain people, working on the application of the ideas and techniques of improvisation:
From the creation of theatre and performance, to team building, communication skills and more.

Jim helped to create the very first, fully improvised performance piece to ever be taken into the repertoire of a German state theatre.
He also helped to create the very first, fully improvised, radio drama for the BBC,
A Time to Dance, which was nominated for a Sony Acadamy Award, and co-directed the first, fully improvised, feature film to be produced in Austria,
Another One Opens, which after several cinema runs, and winning a few prizes, is now on Amazon.
He is also the artistic director and host of the upcoming:
Moment! -Vienna’s International Festival for Improvised Theatre, in TAG, this October. 

Jim can currently be heard in the new feature film, “Moonbound”, and in the ongoing web series, “Socks Talk Politics”.

(I’m still working on this bit… There’s a lot of stuff and I’m not sure how best to lay it all out!)