Jim Hearn is a researcher, writer and chef.

He had three short films screen on Eat Carpet before writing and directing a half-hour of television for SBS in early 2000.

Jim worked on the script for Chopper and an adaptation of Andrew McGahan's novel Last Drinks.

He has also been employed as a script assessor for the NSWfto and is currently a PhD candidate within the Transforming Cultures Research Centre at UTS.