JIM GOODALL – BIO

 Jim Goodall is 36 years-old and lives in Toronto, Canada.   Jim production designed Ken Finkleman’s new TMN series GOOD DOG, Wyeth Clarkson’s      period western, THE MOUNTIE and the rock and roll vampire film SUCK, which stars Malcolm McDowell, Alice Cooper, Iggy Pop, Moby and Henry Rollins.  He also designed the 2009 Genie Nominated short film entitled, THE ANSWER KEY.   In 2007 Jim won the PITCH THIS! Award at the Toronto International Film Festival for a feature film script called GIANTLAND.  That same year Jim wrote and directed an award winning live action/CGI animated short film called THE INTERIOR MONOLOGUE OF GILL THE GOLDFISH which stars Sean Cullen, and premiered at the 2007 Palm Springs International Festival of Short Films.  It also aired on City TV and the Canadian Broadcast Corporation (CBC).   In 2005 Jim guest directed and designed a primetime animated series for the CBC entitled WHAT IT’S LIKE BEING ALONE with producers Brad Peyton and Fred Fuchs.   Jim’s latest projects include, production design work for a GILLETTE internet campaign, writing and directing a live action short called AIR BALLOON CIRCUS and developing a feature film with producers Brad Peyton, Robin Crumley and Miranda de Pencier.

Contact:

416-659-3952

thegoodster@gmail.com

ORANGE – A Short Animated Film For CBC’s DNTO

I just recently finished directing a very short animated film called ORANGE for Sook-Yin Lee’s radio show.

Orange

On Sat. Sept. 12, 2009 I will be a guest on the show.    I talk with Sook-Yin about the making of the short and the biggest lesson I NEVER learned in school.

SUCK Gets Ready to Rock TIFF 2009

SUCK makes it’s world premiere tonight at The Toronto International Film Festival.  Click here to see Trailer.

SUCK Premieres at TIFF

 For more screening times click HERE.

SUCK: THE VAMPIRE, ROCK N’ ROLL MOVIE

Queeny's Lair

Here  (TORONTO STAR) is a little bit about the latest project I’m working on called SUCK.   The film stars Malcolm McDowell,  Alice Cooper, Iggy Pop, Moby, Henry Rollins and a great cast of up and coming young actors.    Looks like it will be released in Oct. 2009.

Gill The Goldfish Wins at Worldfest – Houston

The Interior Monologue of Gill the Goldfish picked up a gold remi award at WorldFest-Houston last week.  

Worlfest is one of the oldest and largest film & video competitions in the world, with more than 4,500 category entries received from 37 countries in 2007.  No awards are given in any category unless the scores from the juries are high enough to place for honors.

Among the remarkable number of WorldFest discoveries, we include just a few, listed in alphabetical order: John Alvidson, John Badham, Ralph Bakshi, Carroll Ballard, John Boorman, Marty Brest, Michael Cimino, The Coen Brothers, Bryan De Palma, Jonathan Demme, Michael Demme, Atom Egoyan, John Frankenheimer, Leslie Linka Glatter, Charles Guggenheim, John Lee Hancock, Hal Hartley, Randall Kleiser, Ang Lee, Spike Lee, George Lucas, David Lynch, Paul Mazursky, Steve Poster, Robert Rodriguez, John Sayles, Ridley Scott, Steven Spielberg, Oliver Stone, Robert Townsend, Will Vinton, Peter Weir, Hugh Wilson and hundreds more. The winners this year will be the Spielbergs of tomorrow and you can meet them before they are famous.

Gill Plays At The Newport Beach Film Festival

After its debut at the Palm Springs International Festival of Short Films, “The Interior Monologue of Gill The Goldfish” returns to sunny California once again for two screenings at the Newport Beach Film Festival.    Check it out if you can.

Also, check out a review and interview from Palm Springs HERE!

http://www.criticalmassfilmhouse.com/reviews/gillthegoldfish.html

http://www.criticalmassfilmhouse.com/interviews/jimgoodall.html

http://www.criticalmassfilmhouse.com/images/tds-jimgoodall.pdf

GIANTLAND WINS AT TIFF

      

HERE ARE SOME LINKS TO HOW IT ALL PLAYED OUT.

http://www.thestar.com/entertainment/article/255578

http://festival.playbackmag.com/articles/20070911/pitchthis.html

http://www.cbc.ca/arts/tiff/story/2007/09/11/pitchthis-winners.html 

http://blogto.com/film/2007/09/tiff_today_september_12_2007/