Jim Gilmore

Jim Gilmore is a documentary filmmaker whose work focuses on American culture, social justice, and history. He is the director of over 20 documentary films on a variety of topics, from Zimbabwe: A Racial Revolution (1988) about the transition from white-ruled Rhodesia to black-ruled Zimbabwe, to Cracking Aces (2018) which profiles the groundbreaking women who fought to shatter the glass ceiling of professional poker. Currently he is in production on a new documentary, Fielding Dreams, about major league baseball scouts. 

Professor Gilmore holds a MA in Broadcasting and Film from the University of Iowa and is the executive producer of Acadia Pictures, an independent production company he founded in 1995. In addition to his professional work in broadcasting and documentary media he has 23 years of college teaching experience as an assistant, associate, and full professor of communication, both at Flagler College and at the University of Michigan-Dearborn.   As Visiting Filmmaker, he teaches a variety of courses related to film and is helping to launch Flagler College’s new interdisciplinary major in Cinematic Arts.