Jim Muntisov is an award winning writer/director based in Melbourne, Australia. They studied film and media at both RMIT University in Melbourne and NYU Tisch in New York. In 2015, they interned at the American Pavilion at the Cannes Film Festival. After graduating university, they worked as a freelance filmmaker while writing their first feature film, Daydreams, which premiered in 2019. In 2021, Jim wrote and directed a short film, Gem, which had its world premiere at the Melbourne International Film Festival in 2022. Gem also screened at BFI Flare: London LGBTQIA+ Film Festival and Queer Screen Mardi Gras Film Festival in 2023. Their newest short film, Hyperconnect, had its world premiere at SXSW Sydney in 2023, where it was awarded the honourable mention for Best Short Film. In 2024, Hyperconnect screened as part of My Queer Career at Mardi Gras Film Festival, winning both the Emerging Filmmaker award and the Emerging Performer award.