Jim Gabour is a film producer, writer and director, whose work focuses primarily on music and the diversity of cultures. During his career, he has earned five Cable ACE Awards and medals at the International Film & Television Festival of New York and the WorldFest Film Festival.

Gabour was twice selected the featured director of the year at Amsterdam's International Broadcasters Conference, and recently received a Grammy nomination for his documentary on composer Terence Blanchard. He lives in New Orleans, where he is artist-in-residence and professor of video technology at Loyola University. His website is here.

Recent articles

The New Orleans police department has its own approach to crime control - leave it to the justice of the street. That worries Jim Gabour.

The spirit of Mardi Gras in New Orleans finds Jim Gabour in the mood, but Christian missionaries have other ideas.

The signs of life in post-Katrina New Orleans are not all human, finds Jim Gabour.

A real-estate New Orleans courtship with the formidable Priscilla Fogarty is an experience to be savoured. Or survived. But heck, let Jim Gabour tell it.

B-Stupid, MySpace, and an everyday tale of crime in the city. Jim "Dead Man" Gabour reports.