J.K. Rowling

J.K. Rowling

Joanne Rowling was born in Yate, near Bristol, a few miles south of a town called Dursley ("Harry Potter"'s Muggle-family). Her father Peter Rowling was an engineer for Rolls Royce in Bristol at this time. Her mother, Anne, was half-French and half-Scottish. They met on a train as it left King's Cross Station in London. Her sister Diana is about 2 years younger than Joanne. In 1971, Peter Rowling moved his family to the nearby village of Winterbourne (still in the Bristol vicinity). During the family's residence in Winterbourne, Jo and Di Rowling were friends with neighborhood children, Ian and Vikki Potter. In 1974, the Rowling family moved yet again, this time to Tutshill, near the Welsh border-town of Chepstow in the Forest of Dean and across the Severn River from the greater Bristol area. Rowling admits to having been a bit of a daydreamer as a child and began writing stories at the age of six. After leaving Exeter University, where she read French and Classics, she started work as a teacher but daydreamed about becoming a writer. One day, stuck on a delayed train for four hours between Manchester and London, she dreamed up a boy called "Harry Potter". That was in 1990. It took her six years to write the book. In the meantime, she went to teach in Portugal, married a Portuguese television journalist, had her daughter, Jessica, divorced her husband and returned to Britain when Jessica was just three months old. She went to live in Edinburgh to be near her sister, Di. Her sudden penury made her realize that it was "back-against-the-wall time" and she decided to finish her "Harry Potter" book. She sent the manuscript to two agents and one publisher, looking up likely prospects in the library. One of these agents that she picked at random based on the fact that she liked his name, Christopher Little, was immediately captivated by the manuscript and signed her on as his client within three days. During the 1995-1996 time-frame, while hoping to get the manuscript for "Harry Potter & The Philosopher's Stone" published, Rowling worked as a French teacher in Edinburgh. Several publishers turned down the manuscript before Bloomsbury agreed to purchase it in 1996.
J.M. Berrios

J.M. Berrios

J. M. Berrios was born in Greenville, South Carolina, to Kim Wehunt (Knight) and Steven Berrios, an electrician. His maternal family are South Carolinians of English descent and his paternal family are Puerto Rican. J.M. Berrios enlisted in the United States Marine Corp at the age of 17 but soon left service. Returning home, he worked various small entry level jobs including electrical contracting with his father in Atlanta, Georgia. During this time motion pictures became an important and consuming pastime for J. M. Berrios. J. M. soon after developed a serious interest in filmmaking, enrolling bachelors of arts program at his local community college primarily to attend film history, design and photography courses. He eventually enrolled at Fullsail University in 2005, graduating with an A. S. in Film. While studying at Full Sail J.M. Berrios gained some work as a photographer and focused heavily on cinematography shooting films for fellow students. In the next few years, Berrios had regular work as a production assistant and camera assistant on professional film and television productions working in North and South Carolina, Atlanta and New York. During this time Berrios also worked regularly as a cinematographer and photographer on commercial projects Atlanta. This was followed by a longer period of working in studio film and television as a lighting technician in Atlanta. In 2010, J.M. married Gina Berrios (Alexander) and in 2012 the couple had their first son, Alexander Knight Berrios. Shortly after the birth of Alexander, Berrios left work as a technician in film industry in Atlanta to found Lingo Films, a production company, in his home town of Greenville, South Carolina. At Lingo Films, Berrios has worked to elevate the production value of projects in the surrounding area and endeavored to help lay a foundation of infrastructure for the future of the production industry in the upstate of South Carolina. His efforts include establishing a production rental house, shooting films locally and working to serve local technicians and artists. J.M. Berrios has shot and acted as director / cinematographer on numerous commercial projects for large brands and corporations. By 2015, he had held the role of cinematographer on 3 feature length films and several short films and documentaries. He has received numerous awards for both his commercial and narrative cinematography and his photography and cinematography has appeared in national publications and broadcasts, in print, online and on television.

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