Spotlight on ‘It’s Just Parkinson’s’ filmmaker Diane Akam
Diane Akam’s documentary It’s Just Parkinson’s will be screened at the Fort Myers Film Festival at 7:00 p.m. on May 21.
Akam has more than 20 years experience as a producer, director and editor for television and corporate clients. Besides IJP, Akam has served as field 
producer of twelve episodes of Better Living Television (2011-2012) and three episodes as assistant producer. She also edited the short video documentary Journey to Cultural Competence (2011).
Prior to starting her own production company, Akam worked at television stations in Winnipeg, Manitoba and Toronto. She produced and edited the TVOntario documentary Seeing Canada , and edited the OMNI documentary The Last Rite. Her return to long-form storytelling happened after 12 more years of promotional and commercial video work, when her love of weightlifting sparked a friendship with John Cullen.
“My heart has always been in long-form documentary storytelling, even though after I graduated film school I worked for 25 years in corporate and broadcast video production,” Akam remarks. “I am endlessly curious about people, their life choices and what they have learned. I am a collaborative producer/director and always looking for my next project.”
May 8, 2022
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Tom Hall is both an amateur artist and aspiring novelist who writes art quest thrillers. He is in the final stages of completing his debut novel titled "Art Detective," a story that fictionalizes the discovery of the fabled billion-dollar Impressionist collection of Parisian art dealer Josse Bernheim-Jeune, thought by many to have perished during World War II when the collection's hiding place, Castle de Rastignac in southern France, was destroyed by the Wehrmacht in reprisal for attacks made by members of the Resistance operating in the area. A former tax attorney, Tom holds a bachelor's degree as well as both a juris doctorate and masters of laws in taxation from the University of Florida. Tom lives in Estero, Florida with his fiancee, Connie, and their four cats.