Jim Garland (April 8, 1905 – September 6, 1978) was a songwriter from the coal mining country of eastern Kentucky, where he was involved with the communist-led National Miners Union (NMU) during the violent labor conflicts of the early 1930s called the Harlan County War.Garland came to New York City in 1931 with his older half-sister Aunt Molly Jackson and later followed by sister Sarah Ogan where he participated in the Greenwich Village folk music scene. Two of his best-known songs are "The Death of Harry Simms" and "I Don't Want Your Millions, Mister."During World War II he moved, together with Sarah's family, to Vancouver, Washington, to work in the shipyard. In 1944 he founded a broom factory which he ran for many years. Garland sang at the Newport Folk Festival in 1963 and his sister Sarah Ogan Gunning sang there in 1964.
Garland lives in Waleska, Georgia, who works as Commercial Pilot and Flight Instructor, besides his camera work.
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Garland was the only survivor of a plane crash on 11th of September 2015 on the set of Tom Cruise's movie "American Made (2017)", which killed Alan D. Purwin and Carlos Berl. Garland was also badly injured during this plane accident.
Camera Department
Title
Year
Status
Character
The Out 100
2006
TV Movie camera operator
Survivor
2000
TV Series camera - 13 episodes
Cinematographer
Title
Year
Status
Character
The Tudors: Royal Stylemakers
2007
TV Movie
Miscellaneous
Title
Year
Status
Character
American Made
2017
aerial unit pilot completed
Known for movies
Survivor (2000) as Camera and Electrical Department
The Out 100 (2006) as Camera and Electrical Department
The Tudors: Royal Stylemakers (2007) as Cinematographer
$19 Million
