Dedham, Massachusetts, United States
As a Media escort for my wife, Ginny, owner of, Guidance Systems of New England, ([email protected]), I meet and greet authors for their Boston, Greater Boston and New England media appointments. I have helped Historian Nat Philbrick, NPR Scott Simon, "Circe" author Madeline Miller as well as Young Adult authors for school and bookstore visits in all New England states. Since 1993 I have been producing and directing educational documentaries, specializing in American and British writers, as well as scripting and filming American war histories, and profiling American and British Independent schools. Additionally, these CD-ROM programs have been published by: Apple Computer, The Apple Learning Series-"Romeo and Juliet"; Columbia University Press-(1) Macbeth (2) Romeo and Juliet"; Thompson Learning, "Understanding Shakespeare." There are over twenty of my DVD documentary titles posted in the World Catalog (world.cat) and on Brown University's Josiah Brown University Library website. For sale by Films for The Humanities and Sciences are four DVD programs feature American transcendentalists (Emerson, Thoreau, Fuller) "The New England Transcendentalists"; "The American Transcendentalists, Concord, Massachusetts"; "Introducing The Transcendentalists"; "Henry David Thoreau: In His Own Words"; "Henry David Thoreau, An American Eccentric"; "The Margaret Fuller Legacy"; Other programs include: "Joseph Conrad, "Heart of Darkness"; "Classical Mythology, Its Origins and Impact"; "Nathaniel Hawthorne, The Scarlet Letter"; "Herman Melville, Moby Dick- The Back-Story"; "Mark Twain, Understanding A Classic- The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn"; "Julian Fellowes, A Tribute to Edith Wharton." All DVD titles by Films Media Group feature streaming offering individual streamed 2-3 minute segments. Additionally, TMW Media Group sells my "Masters of American Literature" series and Shakespeare titles that include:"Shakespeare-London and Stratford"; "Macbeth-The Tragic Pair;" "Romeo and Juliet-Tragic Lovers" in both the retail and educational marketplaces. Additionally, I have produced a documentary featuring Head(s) of School at "Noble and Greenough School"; John Buchanan, former Headmaster of "Oakham School, England"; Harvard Business School Professor emeritus, David Hawkins, "From Olympian To Harvardian- One Lap At A Time;" Beginning In 2018 the Dedham Village Association in Dedham, Massachusetts initiated an "Old Village Cemetery project" (Dedhamvillage.org) and asked me to develop a video series for their website to cover the entire project.
1993-2003 President and CEO of Bride Media International producing CD-ROM's, educational documentaries listed in the World Catalog under: a. http://www.worldcat.org/search?q=Bride+Media+international&qt=results_page b. http://www.worldcat.org/search?q=James+h.+Bride&qt=results_page and published by: 1. Apple Computer Learning Series 2. Films Media Group- Films For The Humanities and Sciences 3 Thomson Learning 4. Columbia University Press 5. TMW Educational Media Group 6. James H. Bride ll Documentaries produced from 2004 to 2013 1. "King Philips War, Americas Forgotten Conflict" [Bride Media] 2, "The American Transcendentalists: Concord, Massachusetts" [Films Media Group] 3. "Henry David Thoreau: In His Own Words" [Films Media Group] 4. "John Buchanan Legacy: Oakham School" [Bride Media] 5. "Romeo & Juliet: The Tragic Lovers" [TMW Educational Media] 6. "Macbeth: The Tragic Pair" [TMW Educational Media] 7. "The Melville Legacy: Moby Dick" [TMW Educational Media] 8. "The Hawthorne Legacy: The Scarlet Letter" [TMW Educational Media] 9. "The Twain Legacy: The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn" [TMW Educational Media] 10. "Introducing the Transcendentalists" [Films Media Group] 11. "On Walden Pond: Summer and Winter" [TMW Educational Media] 12. "Teaching Henry David Thoreau" [TMW Educational Media] 13. "Teaching Ralph Waldo Emerson" [TMW Educational Media] 14. "The Margaret Fuller Legacy" [Films Media Group] 15. "The Noble & Greenough Legacy, 1866-1987" [James H Bride ll] 16. "From Olympian To Harvardian, One Lap AT A Time," Harvard HBS Professor, David Hawkins [James H Bride ll] 17. "A Tribute to Edith Wharton" [Films Media Group] 18: "Moby Dick-The Backstory" [Films Media Group] 19 "The Old Village Cemetery" Dedham Village Old Village Cemetery Project [James H. Bride ll]
Bride media International created educational documentaries and CD-ROM titles to be marketed and distributed by: Films For The Humanites and Sciences, the Apple Learning Series (ALS); Thomson Learning; Columbia University Press; TMW Educational Media Group. Since 2006 Jim Bride has been re-editing and producing various documentary updates from previous programs while also creating significant new ones, specifically "The Margaret Fuller Legacy" for Films Media Group. The Bride documentaries are being channeled to and sold in worldwide educational and Internet markets by Films Media Group and TMW Media Group.
For twenty-seven years I taught English and media; coached football, skiing, golf, tennis, crew. Director of Admissions 1976-1978; produced various fund raising films for Nobles toinclude: 1980-"Nobles Into The 1980s" 1984- "Spes Sibi Quisque," 2010- "The Gleason Legacy." 2014- "The Putnam Legacy" 2015- "The Noble & Greenough School Legacy, 1866-1987" In 1975-1976 I taught at Oakham School, Rutland, England funded by the Fulbright Teacher Exchange Program and Noble and Greenough School.. While a full member of the Oakham faculty, I directed and produced a one hour documentary, "Oakham School: Sights and Sounds 1975-1976. My family traveled extensively about Europe that year and in 1985-1986, while on a sabbatical in Cirencester, UK , we traveled to the USSR, Prague, Egypt.and Europe..