Jim O’Rear has been involved in the writing and entertainment industries for over 25 years, working as an actor, stuntman, and special effects artist in major motion pictures, television shows, and Off-Broadway theater productions as well as publishing/editing magazines and creating several award winning screenplays.

O'Rear’s love for prose and performing developed at an early age when he began staging magic shows for his Elementary school classmates and

writing a series of comic books titled The Bionic Marshmallow (published by his school’s library).

Through the years, he continued to hone the crafts he was so fond of, eventually receiving degrees in Children’s Literature and Performing Arts.

As a writer, O'Rear has contributed material to a number of internationally distributed magazines, including Scary Monsters, Comics Interview, Haunted Attraction, Fright Times, and Fangoria.  He was also the editor and publisher of Underground Entertainment, an “insider's” magazine for the Haunted Attraction industry.

Combining his knowledge and affection for writing and performing, he jumped into the arena of screenplay composition.  He hit the ground running, as his first screenplay was sold and produced as an independent horror feature in 1999.  To prove that he was no “one hit wonder,” O'Rear promptly sold a second screenplay, which was also produced, the very next year.  Since that time, he has had options placed on two more of his screenplays, which are currently in development, and placed 3rd for “Best Screenplay of 2003” in the TSA Screenwriting Competition.  Because of his close ties with the entertainment industry, he is able to “package” his screenplays with “A-List” actors and directors, creating strong, attractive properties with his projects.

In between writing projects, he continues to work as an actor and stuntman in the motion picture industry and regularly tours the film convention circuit, teaching screenwriting seminars to convention attendees.