Jim Granato

Jim Granato – Director, Producer, Director of Photography, Co-Editor

Jim Granato is a self-taught filmmaker and a native of Bloomington, Indiana. He has directed and produced short films and music videos in the Bay Area since 1996. His most recent short documentary film, Vivid Dreams (2008), has been playing film festivals worldwide for the past year.

He has worked on many independent feature, documentary, and television productions. Some of these recent films include: The Real Dirt on Farmer John (2005), Audience of One (2007), Revolution Summer (2007) and Some Assembly Required (2008).

D tour (2009), his first feature film as director and producer, has won several awards including the Golden Gate Award for Bay Area Documentary Feature from the San Francisco International Film Festival. D tour will premiere nationwide on the PBS Emmy Award winning program Independent Lens in November 2009.