CAREER SUMMARY
Jamie has spent over 30 years in the film industry working as a director and visual consultant on documentaries, TV commercials and feature films. He is also a travel and natural lifestyle photographer and his pictures have appeared in numerous International publications and exhibitions. He has had many International clients including Aardman Animations, Dreamworks, Oxford Scientific Films, Discovery Channel and National Geographic.
He has directed over 200 TV commercials and 20 documentaries, including his own film, ‘Jimmy’s Kitchen’, a documentary about Jimmy Pham, a humble and compassionate man that helped the street kids of Hanoi in Vietnam by setting up KOTO, a restaurant and training school to provide working opportunities for them. The film was shown on the ABC to 1.9 million viewers.
"The greatest accomplishment for the person who has helped you, is to see
you stand on your own two feet and then in turn help someone else that
reminds you of yourself, because if you Know One, then you should Teach
One." Jimmy Pham, KOTO Founder and Director. http://www.koto.com.au/index.php
DIRECTOR: DOCUMENTARY FILMS
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Director |
Discovery International/ IFA 1 hr - “Sydney New Year’s Eve 2007” |
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Director |
Discovery Asia/TRA 1 hr - “Asian Cinema: Taiwan” |
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Director |
Discovery Asia/TRA 1 hr - “Asian Cinema: South Korea” |
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Director |
National Geographic/Parthenon1 hr “Bug Brother” |
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Director/Producer |
Magichour/ABC 26 min - “Jimmy’s Kitchen” |
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Director-Co-Producer |
Magichour/Visionquest/Ch7 2hrs “Bush Survival” |
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Post Production Director |
Visionquest 1 hr “Mary Cairncross - The 4 Seasons” |
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Edit & Story Consultant |
Visionquest 1 hr “Shadows in the Desert” |
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Assistant Producer |
Visionquest 1hr “Kingdom of the Jabiru” |
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Co-Writer& Edit Supervisor |
Visonquest/CH7 1 hr “Ghosts of the Forest” |
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Segment-Director |
WNET/Partridge/4 x 1 hrs “Reptiles: In Cold Blood” |
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Co-Producer |
Discovery/Partridge 1 hr “Sea of Knowledge” |
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Series Producer/Co-Writer |
Discovery/Sthn Star 6 x 1hrs “Wild China” |
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Director/Producer |
CTC/CH9 2 hr Special “Wild Sex” |
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Director/ Editor/Writer |
Nat Geographic/ABC/1 hr “Sounds like Australia”
ACS AWARDS 1987- 2 Golden Tripods - Best Wildlife Film and Best Documentary.
Chicago International Film Festival 1987 - Gold Award,
Hawaii Film Festival 1987, and Italian Film Festival 1987- People's Award. |
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Director |
Film Australia "Crystal Dancer"
ACS AWARDS 1987- Golden Tripod in Experimental Category.
Merit Award in Special Cinematography, DOP: Jim Frazier. |
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Co-Director |
Discovery/Golden Dolphin 1hr “Mystery of the Full Moon”
Producer/Editor Oxford Scientific Films 1hr “From Fishpond to Fantasy”
Chicago International Film Festival 1986 - Best of Festival and Gold Award
Chicago International Film Festival 1990 - Best of the Decade |
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Director/Editor |
ABC/SAFC 26 min “No Man’s Land”
ACS AWARDS 1983- Golden Tripod Best Wildlife Film |
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Director |
Discovery 1 hr “The Reef Builders” |
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VISUAL CONSULTANT
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Designed and directed the re-enactments for “Roar of the Kittyhawk”, a documentary about Australian pilots and the Kittyhawk P40 fighters in WW2 for Look Films/History Channel. |
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ABC Natural History Unit and Museum Victoria, Melbourne, Australia.
Created two moving image installations for the Gallery of Life environment exhibition, including the Fire Pole production, designed for five vertically stacked monitors, set into a huge blackened tree trunk in an outdoor exhibition environment. Each installation used archival film as well as specifically shot material.
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DIRECTOR: TV COMMERCIALS
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Jamie has directed over 200 spots for 15 countries, including Australia, New Zealand, Sweden, Norway, France, Germany, Turkey, India, Malaysia, USA and UK
Worked on Live Action, Stop Motion, 2D&3D Animation |
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DDB: State Bank – “Animals”.
Montreux Film Festival - Gold Award
Mobius Awards - Certificate of Outstanding Creativity
New York International Advertising Awards - Finalist |
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J Walter Thompson: Nature's Way - “Plants”
New York and London International Advertising Awards. Best of category |
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Saatchi & Saatchi: AWA - “AWA Computers”
New York International Advertising Awards – Gold |
DIRECTOR: CORPORATE FILMS
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Sydney Olympics Committee, P & O, Astra Pharmaceuticals, Merck Sharp & Dohme and Dutch Lady Vietnam |
DIRECTOR: CHILDREN’S FILMS
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“Paper Capers’ 10 minute Puppet Film. The Film Co. UK |
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“Little Red Riding Hood” and “The Golden Goose” 1 hr film. Ladybird. UK |
VISUAL EFFECTS CONSULTANT/SET SUPERVISOR
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Visual Effects Producer/ Consultant and Set Supervisor
“Death of the Mega Beasts” 96/86/52 mins
Prospero Productions National Geographic US/SBS/TV France
Creature Animation Hive Studios (200 shots in the style of Walking with Dinosaurs) |
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Visual Effects Consultant Producer
“Daybreakers” Feature Film Lions Gate
Kanuka Studio
Vampire disintegration sequences |
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Visual Effects Set Supervisor
“Paulie: The Parrot’s Tale” Feature Film Dreamworks, USA
CFC-Framestore, UK Over 300 visual fx shots combining live action and 3D beak. |
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Visual Effects Consultant
“A Christmas Carol” TV Movie Hallmark
Framestore, UK 3D & 2D animation combined, |
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Visual Effects Consultant
“Compaq” Giant Screen TVC shown at US Football Stadiums
Magichour Films, USA 3D animation and live action combined |
Australian mobile: +44 750 394 5890
Email: jamierobertson@ozemail.com.au
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