Jim Tushinski is a writer and independent filmmaker living in Southern California.

His most recent book is a collection of creative nonfiction by queer writers entitled Identity Envy: Wanting to be Who We're Not (Harrington Park Press, 2007), which Jim co-edited with Jim Van Buskirk.

Jim's feature-length documentary, That Man: Peter Berlin (2005), had its world premiere at the prestigious Berlin International Film Festival and was an official selection of over 65 film festivals, including the Seattle, Chicago, Palm Springs, Rio, and Durban International Film Festivals. In January 2006, the documentary opened theatrically to great acclaim. A Special Edition DVD was released in June 2006 by Water Bearer Films.

His first novel, Van Allen's Ecstasy (Harrington Park Press, 2004), was a finalist for the Ferro-Grumley Award for Fiction and the ISO Violet Quill Award for New Fiction.

Jim's short fiction has appeared in the anthologies His 3 and Quickies, as well as in literary journals including The Lodestar Quarterly, The Blithe House Quarterly, Harrington Gay Men Fiction's Quarterly, and The James White Review.

Jim's short video, Jan-Michael Vincent is My Muse, which he wrote and directed, has been an official selection at over 30 film festivals around the world.