Meet James Higginson: Award-Winning Artist and Guillain-Barré Syndrome Survivor
2/8/2018
Photographer/director/artist, James Higginson, has accomplished much in his 60 years. Among his numerous accolades, he has received an Emmy Award for his set decoration work on the 1980’s show “Pee-Wee’s Playhouse,” international film festival awards for his 2012 feature length experimental art film, “Willful Blindness,” and has completed a new documentary, “Devout.” James was hoping to release his documentary in 2017, but 6 months ago, while working on house renovations, his hands and feet went numb. His diagnosis: Guillain-Barré Syndrome.