Jim Killeen
- Actor
- Producer
- Director
Jim Killeen was born in Detroit and attended Michigan's Wayne State
University where he studied all aspects of theatre production with an
emphasis on acting. Shortly thereafter he moved to Hollywood to pursue
a professional acting career and winded up appearing in numerous film
and television projects, including the TV series "Profiler" and the
feature film "The Sex Monster" with Mariel Hemingway, Kevin Pollak and
Stephen Baldwin.
Between acting gigs, Jim ran the gamut of "day jobs" - everything from
selling sandwiches in his acting classes to counting cards in blackjack
casinos. Soon, however, Jim's entrepreneurial instincts kicked in,
prompting him to start his now-successful company Casino Massage, a
provider of chair-massage services at Los Angeles' Commerce Casino, as
well as such additional industry events as the World Series of Poker
and numerous celebrity and charity tournaments.
With a number of elements in Jim's life converging seemingly
serendipitously, Jim found himself yet drawn back into the
entertainment industry - namely: filmmaking. That's where "Google Me"
came into the picture. In his quest to contact those sharing possibly
one of the most intimate aspects of one's existence, his moniker, Jim
Killeen the filmmaker found, among others, Jim Killeen the Roman
Catholic priest in Cobh, Ireland, Jim Killeen the retired cop in New
York, Jim Killeen the CEO in Melbourne, Australia and Jim Killeen the
sexual swinger in Denver. As a result of this genealogical journey,
Killeen winds up forging life-long friendships with his previously
unknown brethren, as well as documenting a provoking commentary on
today's society and how technology has transformed all of our lives.
"Google Me" has been given the search engine's blessing and even
features Google's VP of Engineering, Douglas Merrill, in an insightful
and entertaining interview voicing his sentiments on the subject.
True to form for the entrepreneur who has a history of taking his
future into his own hands rather than relying on others, Killeen
steered clear of contemporary release conventions and instead was one
of the first to premiere his film "Google Me" on a free worldwide
Internet stream on YouTube.com. Within a month's time, the
feature-length film had racked up over 85,000 views. Having achieved
the aims of the initial stage of his ground-breaking campaign - posting
the entire film so as many people as possible could view it - Killeen
has now removed "Google Me" from YouTube, just in time for Amazon.com
to select it to be sold through the internet juggernaut.
University where he studied all aspects of theatre production with an
emphasis on acting. Shortly thereafter he moved to Hollywood to pursue
a professional acting career and winded up appearing in numerous film
and television projects, including the TV series "Profiler" and the
feature film "The Sex Monster" with Mariel Hemingway, Kevin Pollak and
Stephen Baldwin.
Between acting gigs, Jim ran the gamut of "day jobs" - everything from
selling sandwiches in his acting classes to counting cards in blackjack
casinos. Soon, however, Jim's entrepreneurial instincts kicked in,
prompting him to start his now-successful company Casino Massage, a
provider of chair-massage services at Los Angeles' Commerce Casino, as
well as such additional industry events as the World Series of Poker
and numerous celebrity and charity tournaments.
With a number of elements in Jim's life converging seemingly
serendipitously, Jim found himself yet drawn back into the
entertainment industry - namely: filmmaking. That's where "Google Me"
came into the picture. In his quest to contact those sharing possibly
one of the most intimate aspects of one's existence, his moniker, Jim
Killeen the filmmaker found, among others, Jim Killeen the Roman
Catholic priest in Cobh, Ireland, Jim Killeen the retired cop in New
York, Jim Killeen the CEO in Melbourne, Australia and Jim Killeen the
sexual swinger in Denver. As a result of this genealogical journey,
Killeen winds up forging life-long friendships with his previously
unknown brethren, as well as documenting a provoking commentary on
today's society and how technology has transformed all of our lives.
"Google Me" has been given the search engine's blessing and even
features Google's VP of Engineering, Douglas Merrill, in an insightful
and entertaining interview voicing his sentiments on the subject.
True to form for the entrepreneur who has a history of taking his
future into his own hands rather than relying on others, Killeen
steered clear of contemporary release conventions and instead was one
of the first to premiere his film "Google Me" on a free worldwide
Internet stream on YouTube.com. Within a month's time, the
feature-length film had racked up over 85,000 views. Having achieved
the aims of the initial stage of his ground-breaking campaign - posting
the entire film so as many people as possible could view it - Killeen
has now removed "Google Me" from YouTube, just in time for Amazon.com
to select it to be sold through the internet juggernaut.