May 2007
 Besides
being a filmmaker, Jeremy Spear
is a fastpitch softball shortstop, sculptor, and painter. His
film Polynesian Power: Islanders in Pro Football was broadcast
on ESPN in February 2005 and is currently licensed for national
broadcast on PBS. Spear's first film Fastpitch won the
Best of Festival: Best Documentary-Long Form award at the 2000
Nashville Film Festival in Nashville, Tennessee. The film chronicles
a season in the life of Spear's competitive softball team. As
an athlete, Spear has played on teams that have won the Amateur
Softball Association National Championship, the International
Softball Congress World Tournament, and the Maccabiah Games. Spear
received a BA in Studio Art from Yale University, where he played
second base on the Ivy League Championship and NCAA Tournament
Baseball teams. He lives in Honolulu, Hawai'i and New York, New
York.
"I made art for 14 years after college, and I had a very
split life, very committed to playing sports and then also making
art in relative isolation. Then I had this huge leap of faith
that I was going to make a film. It made so much sense to me—to
be able to bridge this gap in my life—that I don't know why
it took me so long to figure it out."
Screened by NMAI
Image Credit:
Jeremy Spear - courtesy of the filmmaker
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