After
more than 15 lengthy journeys throughout the Middle East, often spending months on archaeological digs and interviewing key scholars in Egypt and Israel,
James D. Long wrote Riddle of the Exodus and produced the companion documentary. Long offers historical and archaeological proof of
this epic event as found in the Torah.
Born in Swinton, Missouri, Long began his broadcast career as a disc jockey for
his hometown radio station before graduating from High School. During the next
10 years, he worked as a journalist and program director in a number of broadcast markets including Houston and Dallas. His talent as an energetic, creative writer-producer earned a number
of awards including three “Addys” (American Advertising Federation).
Long combined his love of archaeology, writing and film-making in 1979, shooting
16mm documentary footage in the mountains of Chihuahua, Mexico, the arid deserts
of Jordan and the misty Andean foothills of Ecuador in South America. His first
foray into feature films was as Creative Director for Houston-based MediaPlex
Entertainment.
He relocated to Dallas in 1990 and returned to broadcasting. There, he
interviewed Vendyl Jones and was so intrigued with Jones' unique perspective on archaeology and the Bible that Long began working with the
Vendyl Jones Research Institutes. He wrote and directed two documentaries,
Digging Up the Future and Return to Gilgal, and for VJRI and participated in
several archaeological excavations in Israel, documenting the work on film
and video.
Long and his wife, Carol, married on a 1995 dig in Israel, at the Cave of
the Column on the shores of the Dead Sea. They later founded Lightcatcher, a
publishing and film production company in 1996.
Long co-produced Search for the Ark of the Covenant for Fox-Lorber’s
Quest Series, seen on the BBC and Dutch Television. Under the Lightcatcher
Productions banner, Jim and Carol shot location footage in Israel, Egypt and
Jordan, which is featured in Giants: The Myth & the Mystery, (The
Learning Channel); Gold!, a mini-series on the History Channel; Pax
Television’s Encounters with the Unexplained, and Discovery Channel
International’s Secrets of the Holy Land.
Long is developing a number of film and television projects with Phoenix-based
Desert Film Productions. Lightcatcher Productions recently premiered
an HD feature-length documentary entitled Treasures of the Copper
Scroll. It was an Official Entry at the 2007 Monaco Charity Film Festival
and the Beverly Hills HiDef Film Festival.
Seeking a serene environment perfect for writing and production, the Longs
recently moved to rural Northwest Arkansas where they share a home with Fuzzy
the cat
and Dibbs the dog.
