Jim Butterworth (entrepreneur)
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Jim Butterworth is a technology entrepreneur and documentary
filmmaker. He is the co-founder of the nonprofit documentary production company Incite Productions
, and a director and producer of the award-winning film Seoul Train
. He is also the holder of numerous U.S. and foreign patents in the field of streaming media
.
In 1997, he was inducted into the Georgia Tech
College of Engineering
Council of Outstanding Young Engineering Alumni. In 2007, he was awarded the Dartmouth College
Martin Luther King Jr. Social Justice Award.
with a bachelor's degree in Industrial and Systems Engineering in 1984, and from the Tuck School of Business
at Dartmouth College
with a Masters of Business Administration in 1991.
Documentary film
Documentary films constitute a broad category of nonfictional motion pictures intended to document some aspect of reality, primarily for the purposes of instruction or maintaining a historical record...
filmmaker. He is the co-founder of the nonprofit documentary production company Incite Productions
Incite Productions
Incite Productions, or Incite Productions Inc., is a 501 nonprofit documentary production company based in Minturn, Colorado. It is the producer of Seoul Train, the critically acclaimed PBS documentary on North Korean refugees...
, and a director and producer of the award-winning film Seoul Train
Seoul Train
Seoul Train is a 2005 documentary that deals with the dangerous journeys of North Korean defectors fleeing through or to China. These journeys are both dangerous and daring, since if caught, they face forced repatriation, torture and possible execution....
. He is also the holder of numerous U.S. and foreign patents in the field of streaming media
Streaming media
Streaming media is multimedia that is constantly received by and presented to an end-user while being delivered by a streaming provider.The term "presented" is used in this article in a general sense that includes audio or video playback. The name refers to the delivery method of the medium rather...
.
In 1997, he was inducted into the Georgia Tech
Georgia Institute of Technology
The Georgia Institute of Technology is a public research university in Atlanta, Georgia, in the United States...
College of Engineering
Georgia Institute of Technology College of Engineering
The College of Engineering at the Georgia Institute of Technologyprovides formal education and research in more than 10 fields of engineering, including:...
Council of Outstanding Young Engineering Alumni. In 2007, he was awarded the Dartmouth College
Dartmouth College
Dartmouth College is a private, Ivy League university in Hanover, New Hampshire, United States. The institution comprises a liberal arts college, Dartmouth Medical School, Thayer School of Engineering, and the Tuck School of Business, as well as 19 graduate programs in the arts and sciences...
Martin Luther King Jr. Social Justice Award.
Early life and education
Butterworth graduated from the Georgia Institute of TechnologyGeorgia Institute of Technology
The Georgia Institute of Technology is a public research university in Atlanta, Georgia, in the United States...
with a bachelor's degree in Industrial and Systems Engineering in 1984, and from the Tuck School of Business
Tuck School of Business
The Amos Tuck School of Business Administration is the graduate business school of Dartmouth College in Hanover, New Hampshire, in the United States...
at Dartmouth College
Dartmouth College
Dartmouth College is a private, Ivy League university in Hanover, New Hampshire, United States. The institution comprises a liberal arts college, Dartmouth Medical School, Thayer School of Engineering, and the Tuck School of Business, as well as 19 graduate programs in the arts and sciences...
with a Masters of Business Administration in 1991.