James D Furrer
Speech Communication
jfurrer@msudenver.edu
CAMPUS BOX 034, MO-1 ROOM 128
CN 120T
303-352-7044
Vita File
Personal Biography Statement
Jim Furrer returned to teaching following over 35 years in newspapers, radio, network television, movies, theatre, concert music and corporate video. His broadcast career includes stints at KFOR-AM, KHKS-FM, KRNU-FM, KOLN-TV, KUON-TV, and KRMA-TV. From 1984 to 1990 he taught and unit-managed courses at the International Film and Television Workshops in Rockport, Maine and MTI in Golden, Colorado.
Launching his career as director of photography in 1983, Jim shot the 1997 motion picture "Raising The Stakes" and went on to film movies "Sign Of The Times", "Moosie", "Behind The Mask", TV pilots "Class" and "Alex and Jody". He shot 2nd unit on "Princess and the Dwarf" and on "Switchback" starring Dennis Quaid and Danny Glover; plus cinematography on mini-series "Tantalus" for the BBC.
As DP, he won the Emmy for "First Cowboy's Fall From Grace" on PBS. Other major television credits include BBC's “Walking With Dinosaurs”, TLC's “Three Minutes To Impact", "Ancient Voices" in HD for the Colorado History Museum, "Of Angels and Light" for HDNet and DCM and the feature-length social documentary "When I Hear Thunder". National TV spots include Dish Network, DirecTV, Delicato Vineyards, Echostar, Maaco, Raid, Starz, and many others.
His time in Los Angeles included "Ringo Starr So Far", "Chris Botti In Concert", and the TV series "Leonard Maltin Presents" for Hallmark Channel. Music videos include Bad Company, Chris Botti, Counting Crows, John Denver, Devo, Del Amitri, Mary Chapin-Carpenter, Gloria Estefan, Fleetwood Mac, Sonia Dada, Shaun Colvin, Ray Charles, Leo Kottke, Little Steven, Sting, Widespread Panic and ZZ Top. Jim was one of five cameramen for "Under A Blood Red Sky; U-2 At Red Rocks" shot on location at Red Rocks for British TV's "The Tube".
Currently tenure-track Assistant Professor of Broadcasting at Metro State College in Denver, Jim lives with his wife Lynne in Littleton, Colorado and pursues traditional silver-gelatin black and white photography.
Professional Affiliations
Founding Member, Heartland Chapter, National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences
Founding Member, Colorado Film and Video Association
Past Member, Society of Motion Picture and Television Engineers
Past Member, American Society of Lighting Directors
Retired, IATSE Local 600 International Photographers Motion Picture and Television Industries
Juried Member, Littleton Fine Arts Guild
Educational Biography
Master of Arts Degree – Summa Cum Laude, Academy of Art University, San Francisco
Multimedia Communications Advanced Degree, 2010
Awarded Best Graduate Producer, Multimedia Communication
Bachelor of Arts Degree – University of Nebraska, Lincoln, Nebraska
Major, School of Mass Communications, Broadcasting Sequence, 1976
Minors in Art, English, and History - Regents, KLIN Radio, Ronald J. Miller and Todd Stortz Memorial Scholarships
Links
On the Internet Movie Database
The Maine Media Workshops
1990 Emmy Award Listing
Academy of Art University Gallery
My Future of Media Predictions
Sample Multimedia Portfolio
Cinematographers Mailing List Posting
Sample of My Blog
My YouTube Presence
Partial Awards and Gallery Show Listings
Tour My Darkroom
Personal
Twitter: @jfurrer2
Courses Taught
SPE-2400,SPE-3430,SPE-3480,SPE-390Z,SPE-3980,SPE-3983,SPE-4420,SPE-4440
Office Hours
Monday -
[11:00 to 12:00]
[14:30 to 15:30]
Tuesday -
[11:30 to 13:30]
Wednesday -
[11:00 to 12:00]
[14:30 to 15:30]
Thursday -
[11:30 to 13:30]
Friday -
[00:00 to 00:00]
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