Jim Jermanok is an award-winning author, filmmaker, executive coach and success expert based in New York. He is a world-renowned expert on entrepreneurship, networking, creative success, and creativity. He recently co-wrote The Way Up: Climbing the Corporate Mountain as a Professional of Color for Wiley. This advisory and inspiring book is highly anticipated and will be launched in December 2022. Jim Jermanok’s recent bestseller, BEYOND THE CRAFT: What You Need to Know to Make A Living Creatively! was published in 2017 to great acclaim. Its second edition was released in September 2022. It is a current and insider’s guide to doing what one needs to do to make a living creatively. Famed British actor Stephen Fry recommended it as “a concise, easy-to-read and fabulously serviceable guide to finding your way round the apparently complex, baffling and unwelcoming world of the creative media. Few people are in a better position than Jim Jermanok, who has done it all, to guide the novice and even the experienced practitioner.” Mr. Jermanok has co-written two books with real estate expert and golfing enthusiast, Fred Gelfand, DIVE IN: Real Estate Investment Advice From A Pro and GOLF LIFE: Confessions of an Average Golfer. Jim is currently writing and directing AN ACTOR’S ACTOR, a feature documentary about the life and art of Oscar-winning actor Martin Landau featuring interviews by Chris Rock, Dianne Ladd, Jon Voight, Woody Allen and Ellen Burstyn, among many others. Jim has written over two dozen screenplays including PASSIONADA, a sophisticated romantic comedy that was released in over 120American cities in 2003. It was later released in 2004-2005 by Columbia Tri-Star in over 150 countries. The film stars: Jason Isaacs (HARRY POTTER),Sofia Milos (CSI: MIAMI), Emmy Rossum (SHAMELESS), Theresa Russell and Seymour Cassel. PASSIONADA was the prestigious closing night film of the Seattle International Film Festival. Upon its release by The Samuel Goldwyn Company, the film received high praise from prominent American film critics. Ebert and Roper gave it “TWO THUMBS UP!” on their weekly television program and syndicated column. Kevin Thomas of the Los Angeles Times wrote: “Jim Jermanok strives for and achieve a romantic comedy with humorous, fanciful plotting yet shaded by genuine tenderness and passion.” Rex Reed of the New York Observer added that “Passionada is a charming and luxurious romantic interlude carefully constructed and greatly enhanced by fresh dialogue.” Mr. Jermanok went on to write and direct a feature PBS documentary, AGGANIS, about the extraordinary and beloved New England sports legend of years past, Harry Agganis. Jim previously wrote and produced a highly praised film, CLEAR CUT, starring Calista Flockhart. He has also written HIGH MOON, a full-length screenplay commissioned by Just Betzer, the Academy Award-winning Producer of BABETTE'SFEAST. Jim Jermanok wrote and directed “Homophonia,” a political comedy film on gay marriage rights which appeared at The Palm Springs Short Fest and over 50other film festivals while winning several dozen of them. Also active also in TV and New Media, Jim’s revolutionary new web series “LIFEADVICE.TV” has drawn tremendous praise since going live globally on in late 2015. LIFEADVICE.TV gives our oldest and wisest people a voice and the rest of us some guidance in our lives. Jim was an Agent at International Creative Management for nine years. Within a year of starting in the mailroom, he was promoted to a full-fledged agent at the age of 25. He helped to represent: Alan Arkin, John Chancellor, E.L. Doctorow, Helen Hayes, Ben Kingsley, Shirley MacLaine, Arthur Miller, Dudley Moore, Harry Reasoner, Andy Rooney, General H. Norman Schwarzkopf and Henry Winkler, among others.