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| Popular As | James Hergott |
| Occupation | Producer |
| Age | 48 years old |
| Zodiac Sign | Leo |
| Born | August 18, 1976 (Cornwall, Ontario, Canada) |
| Birthday | August 18 |
| Town/City | Cornwall, Ontario, Canada |
| Nationality | Canada |
James Hergott’s zodiac sign is Leo. According to astrologers, people born under the sign of Leo are natural born leaders. They are dramatic, creative, self-confident, dominant and extremely difficult to resist, able to achieve anything they want to in any area of life they commit to. There is a specific strength to a Leo and their "king of the jungle" status. Leo often has many friends for they are generous and loyal. Self-confident and attractive, this is a Sun sign capable of uniting different groups of people and leading them as one towards a shared cause, and their healthy sense of humor makes collaboration with other people even easier.
James Hergott was born in the Year of the Dragon. A powerful sign, those born under the Chinese Zodiac sign of the Dragon are energetic and warm-hearted, charismatic, lucky at love and egotistic. They’re natural born leaders, good at giving orders and doing what’s necessary to remain on top. Compatible with Monkey and Rat.
James Hergott's first feature film, "All That I Need", debuted at the Cannes International Film Festival in 2005 and secured a limited theatrical release with Regal Entertainment Group. It gained critical acclaim.
Larry Ratliff of the San Antonio Express News called it a "compelling, emotional roller-coaster ride of riches and ruin" and praised Hergott as "showcasing gumption and creative sleight of hand sure to take him further as a director and writer" and a "filmmaker to watch.
"From 2005 to 2007, Hergott served as president of publicly traded Beverly Hills entertainment production and distribution company, Imperia Entertainment, which under his supervision produced a number of multi-million dollar film and TV entities including the $5 million+ budgeted "Say It In Russian" staring Academy Award winner Faye Dunaway.
In 2009, Hergott wrote, directed and produced ten episodes of the MMA reality show "MMA Worldwide," which was distributed nationally on Mark Cuban's HDNET (now AXS TV). Later that year he traveled to Iraq and filmed a documentary about the first ever MMA Fight in Iraq titled "A Fight For The Troops", for which he received a Greywolf Medal by the US Army.
In 2010 he wrote and executive produced the UFC Champion, Georges St-Pierre, documentary, "The Striking Truth," which was distributed worldwide. In 2013 he signed a co-production deal with The Vladar Company (Generation Iron) for an MMA related crime drama written and to be co-directed by himself and produced by Vlad Yudin and Edwin Mejia.
That same year he became Business Director and Creative Consultant for "Generation Iron" starring Arnold Schwarzenegger and narrated by Mickey Rourke. "Generation Iron" has become the #1 Sports/Fitness Film in the world.
In 2014 he was on CBC's Dragon's Den where he did a deal with Canadian business tycoon Jim Treliving. From 2015 to 2020 he created, produced and directed the fitness reality transformation show, "Radical Body Transformations", which is now in its 3rd season and released via Amazon Prime in the US, Canada, UK, Australia and New Zealand.
Additionally he Associate Produced the 7 part bodybuilding & fitness series SWOLE for VICE media, the multi-billion dollar media conglomerate with partners worldwide. He's appeared on everything from Fox News to Costco Magazine.
As a hobby Mr. Hergott is a national level bodybuilder and has placed at a number of events. He competes for IFBB feeder organization the Ontario Physique Association (OPA). He placed second in his class at the Winston Invitational, just over a month after an ulcer burst (resulting in a near death experience which required emergency surgery).
Mr. Hergott competed at the Cobourg Naturals April 20th, 2013. In 2015 he competed in the IFBB World Qualifiers.In 2017 he interviewed Professor Dr. Jordan B. Peterson ("The most influential public intellectual in the Western world right now.
" - New York Times) in one of the highest praised interviews on YouTube: "This is by far the best interview or discussion I've seen. This is the way you interview a smart clinical psychologist. He's a listener and a conversationalist.
James has obviously integrated the Doctor's material. His questions and comments show it.".
