Biography
Jim Cummings is a Los Angeles-based producer, writer, director, and actor. Born on October 31, 1986 in New Orleans, he started his film career with multiple short films, including the 2016 short film THUNDER ROAD, which won the Grand Jury Prize at the Sundance Film Festival. He later adapted it into a feature film of the same name, which won the Grand Jury Prize at the SXSW Film Festival in 2018. His next feature, THE WOLF OF SNOW HOLLOW, was released in 2020 to critical acclaim. He also co-dir...
Known For
Complete Filmography

Redux Redux
2025
as Jonathan
A woman travels the multiverse, killing her daughter’s murderer over and over again. She grows addicted to the revenge streak, putting her own humanit...

Disfluency
2025
Executive Producer
When Jane fails her final college class, she returns home to her parent's lake house where she comes to terms with the confusing trauma that derailed ...

Pretty Sad
2024
as Mr.
A glamorous young woman puts herself back together after enduring an episode of vicious violence.

Pretty Sad
2024
Editor, Sound, Director
A glamorous young woman puts herself back together after enduring an episode of vicious violence.

Is Now a Good Time?
2024
as Kyle Dimartin
A Marvel employee's workday is spent attempting to grant a terminally ill child's wish to see an unreleased Captain America film, leading to dark come...

Is Now a Good Time?
2024
Editor, Director, Writer
A Marvel employee's workday is spent attempting to grant a terminally ill child's wish to see an unreleased Captain America film, leading to dark come...

Calladita
2024
Executive Producer
Ana has just arrived from Colombia and is the maid of a luxurious mansion on the Costa Brava, where a family of wealthy art dealers spends their summe...

The Last Stop in Yuma County
2024
as The Knife Salesman
While awaiting the next fuel truck at a middle-of-nowhere Arizona rest stop, a traveling young knife salesman is thrust into a high-stakes hostage sit...

The Last Stop in Yuma County
2024
Executive Producer
While awaiting the next fuel truck at a middle-of-nowhere Arizona rest stop, a traveling young knife salesman is thrust into a high-stakes hostage sit...

Behold The Claw
2024
Thanks
Five strangers meet online and come together, to take a pilgrimage to Loch Ness. Unaware that one of their numbers is an imposter, they go in search o...

The Last Brunch
2024
Director, Writer, Visual Effects
Sometimes you don't realize how thirsty you are until it's right in front of you.

15 Cameras
2023
as Paul
A couple buys a house from The Slumlord Tapes, infamous for hidden cameras and a psycho landlord. It's not as safe as they tell themselves.

Followers
2023
as Christopher
Wendy has the sneaking suspicion that meeting with Emma, who subsequently invites herself and her partner Mike over for dinner, was no chance encounte...

In a Silent Way
2022
Executive Producer
In A Silent Way centers around a young jazz guitarist, Jazzen Goodman, who dreams of becoming a jazz legend. He hires his best friend Dylan to film hi...
Stop Scrolling and Dust Off Your Horse... The Great Great Grandson of Sartana is Here!
2021
as Diablo Garko
A brand new and exclusive short from filmmakers Jim Cummings and Julia Bales
Stop Scrolling and Dust Off Your Horse... The Great Great Grandson of Sartana is Here!
2021
Director, Editor, Writer
A brand new and exclusive short from filmmakers Jim Cummings and Julia Bales

The Beta Test
2021
as Jordan Hines
An engaged Hollywood agent receives a mysterious letter for an anonymous sexual encounter and becomes ensnared in a sinister world of lying, infidelit...

The Beta Test
2021
Editor, Writer, Director
An engaged Hollywood agent receives a mysterious letter for an anonymous sexual encounter and becomes ensnared in a sinister world of lying, infidelit...

Halloween Kills
2021
as Pete McCabe
Michael manages to free himself from Laurie Strode's trap to resume his ritual bloodbath. As she fights for her life from injuries from their last enc...

The Surrogate
2021
Executive Producer
Jess is thrilled to be the surrogate for her best friend and his husband, but when a prenatal test comes back, it creates a moral dilemma that threate...

Beast Beast
2021
as Police Officer
A look at the lives and trauma surrounding three people living in a southern town.

Beast Beast
2021
Producer
A look at the lives and trauma surrounding three people living in a southern town.

The Block Island Sound
2021
as Dale
Something lurks off the coast of Block Island, silently influencing the behavior of fisherman, Tom Lynch. After suffering a series of violent outburst...

The Wolf of Snow Hollow
2020
as John Marshall
Terror grips a small mountain town as bodies are discovered after each full moon. Losing sleep, raising a teenage daughter, and caring for his ailing ...

The Wolf of Snow Hollow
2020
Director, Writer
Terror grips a small mountain town as bodies are discovered after each full moon. Losing sleep, raising a teenage daughter, and caring for his ailing ...

Deauville et le rêve américain
2020
as Self
Reflection of the society and vector of the occidental culture, American cinema influences the entire world since its debuts.

Greener Grass
2019
as Rob
Suburban soccer moms find themselves constantly competing against each other in their personal lives as their kids settle their differences on the fie...

Golf!
2019
Editor, Producer
Hank apologizes during a game of golf.

Thunder Road
2018
as Officer Jim Arnaud
A police officer faces a personal meltdown following a divorce and the death of his mother.

Thunder Road
2018
Visual Effects, Writer, Director
A police officer faces a personal meltdown following a divorce and the death of his mother.

Searching
2018
Thanks
After David Kim's 16-year-old daughter goes missing, a local investigation is opened and a detective is assigned to the case. But 37 hours later and w...

Parent Teacher
2018
Director, Writer
"Nobody should be eating tater tots as a meal." Mr. Zahn meets the parents of his unruly students and learns that the apples don't fall far from the t...

Krista
2018
Executive Producer
In a high school theater class, Krista uses her scene study as catharsis.

The Mountains of Mourne
2017
as Jim
As Jordan, a social influencer, enters a hotel room, he logs onto his laptop and announces to his viewers that this will be his last post. As this sho...

Hydrangea
2017
Writer, Director
In life we often play a role, be that a parent, a spouse, an employee, etc. Writer/director Jim Cummings explores the dynamics between playing a part ...

The Mountains of Mourne
2017
Writer, Director
As Jordan, a social influencer, enters a hotel room, he logs onto his laptop and announces to his viewers that this will be his last post. As this sho...

It’s All Right, It’s Ok
2017
Director, Writer
A man drops to his knees to give CPR to a stranger. But all is not what it seems. “It’s All Right, It’s OK” is the first short film from a triptych by...

Still Life
2017
as Jim (segment "The Mountains of Mourne")
In these three short films, we examine key issues in the American cultural conversation—incarceration, race, life, death, digital culture, gender—thro...

Still Life
2017
Writer, Director
In these three short films, we examine key issues in the American cultural conversation—incarceration, race, life, death, digital culture, gender—thro...

The Show About the Show
2017
as YouTube Commenter
Independent Filmmaker Caveh Zahedi is trying to make a television show. He persuades BRIC TV, a Brooklyn non-profit Arts organization, to finance a te...

The Robbery
2017
Director, Writer
Meet Crystal. She decides to rob a liquor store. It goes pretty ok.
Native Stand Up
2017
Writer, Director
John performs stand-up comedy for the first time. It actually goes pretty okay.

Minutes
2017
as Police Officer
In this comedy series, shot in single takes, six young people each experience pivotal moments in their lives that don't quite go as planned and lead t...

Cory Comes to Christmas
2017
Writer, Director
A daughter comes home for Christmas to introduce her boyfriend to her weird family.

Minutes
2017
Director, Writer
In this comedy series, shot in single takes, six young people each experience pivotal moments in their lives that don't quite go as planned and lead t...

Marty Hearts Katie
2017
Director
Marty gets a call that he will be taking on the lead role of King Lear due to the lead actor falling ill, but first he must complete his shift at the ...

Us Funny
2017
as Jim
Jim and Julia spend their day on a wonderful date in Los Angeles. They are very much in love. Interspersed, are scenes of Jim at Julia's funeral.

Us Funny
2017
Director
Jim and Julia spend their day on a wonderful date in Los Angeles. They are very much in love. Interspersed, are scenes of Jim at Julia's funeral.

13 Cameras
2016
as Paul
Newlyweds Claire and Ryan have just moved into a new house. Both are hoping Claire’s pregnancy will be the cement needed to hold their already fraying...

13 Cameras
2016
Producer
Newlyweds Claire and Ryan have just moved into a new house. Both are hoping Claire’s pregnancy will be the cement needed to hold their already fraying...

Krisha
2016
Associate Producer
When Krisha returns to her estranged family for Thanksgiving dinner, past demons threaten to ruin the festivities.

The Stop
2016
as Officer
"Last thing you guys want in your car is a feathered serpent." Gloria and her friends do drugs and then get pulled over by a cop

The Stop
2016
Writer
"Last thing you guys want in your car is a feathered serpent." Gloria and her friends do drugs and then get pulled over by a cop

Thunder Road
2016
as James Arnaud
Jimmy Arnaud eulogizes his mother.

Thunder Road
2016
Writer, Director, Music
Jimmy Arnaud eulogizes his mother.

$aving Dat Money
2015
Producer
The video of "$ave Dat Money" became popular on Facebook and Twitter almost immediately after it was released, in which Lil' Dicky tried to get key le...

The Chucko
2015
Writer, Director
A couple endures a house tour under a chucko.

Bike Against The Wind
2015
Additional Photography
Mark Vashro travels by bicycle from Boston to San Diego through the southern regions of the United States. As he travels, he meets fascinating people ...
Confusion Through Sand
2015
Producer
A nineteen year old finds himself alone in a hostile desert, scared as hell and trained to react.

The Flamingo
2012
Director, Producer, Sound Editor
It's a 3D movie about a breakup. Marty moves into a hotel for a month. It's a painful dance.

Sell Your House
N/A
as Self
A documentary about the perils and pitfalls of indie filmmaking. When you SELL YOUR HOUSE to fund a feature film, nothing can go wrong... right?

The Yeti
N/A
Oil tycoon Merriell Sunday Sr. and renowned adventurer Hollis Bannister have disappeared without a trace. Their last known location is northern Alaska...

Flavor of the Month
N/A
as Agent John
A B-list Chinese actor fears being replaced as “Hollywood’s Asian” while screen testing for a life-changing role.
DISC
N/A
as Carey
The story of a hookup gone too far up.

Snake Oil Song
N/A
Executive Producer
A man searches for the snake that killed his dog.
The Big Game
N/A
Executive Producer

The Yeti
N/A
Executive Producer
Oil tycoon Merriell Sunday Sr. and renowned adventurer Hollis Bannister have disappeared without a trace. Their last known location is northern Alaska...

Public Freakout
N/A
Editor
A group of strangers collide at a gas station.