Musical Artists Jim Akin and Maria McKee Premiere 'Joycean' $550 Film, After The Triumph Of Your Birth

"Directing a movie is not that much different than producing albums. It's working with talent and guiding them," says Jim Akin,  who makes his directorial debut at 7 p.m. Pacific Time on Thursday with the premiere of After The Triumph of Your Birth at the Aero Theater in Santa Monica, California.

Akin is better known as the husband and bass player for singer/songwriter Maria McKee, formerly of the alt-country band Lone Justice. She co-produced the movie and co-wrote its score with Akin, and though Martin Scorsese once directed her in Robbie Robertson's "Somewhere Down The Crazy River" music video, she counts this as her first real acting role. more »