RESUME

PROFESSIONAL SUMMARY

An award-winning, director & producer with a passion for storytelling, I currently work as an interactive and associate producer at Flying Cloud productions. I have over a decade of experience in a wide range of media companies where I aquired skills in many facets of film & tv production, as well as communications, marketing & publicity.

SKILLS

Editing: Final Cut Studio, Adobe Premiere, Photoshop, After Effects etc.
Videography: Panasonic HDX, Canon 7D, Sony EX3 etc.
MS Office (Advanced word, excel, powerpoint)
Basic Wordpress, html
ACNielsen reporting
Fully Bilingual (English/French)

FILM, TV & INTERACTIVE

Human Harvest Interactive, Flying Cloud Productions, 2015

Interctive website that accompanies the award-winning documentary Human Harvest

Digital Media Producer, Project Manager

Human Harvest (aka Davids & Goliath), Flying Cloud Productions, 2014

Feature length documentary - Winner of a 2014 Peabody Award for Documentary

Associate Producer

How to be a Wild Elephant, Make Believe Productions, 2014

1 hour nature documentary for CBC’s the Nature of Things

Production Manager, Post Production Coordinator

The Devil You Know (Season III), Make Believe Media, 2012

4 x 1 hour true-crime documentary series for Investigation Discovery US/OWN

Visuals, Archive & Music Research Associate

The Devil You Know (Season II), Make Believe Media, 2011

8 x 1 hour true-crime documentary series for Investigation Discovery US/OWN

Visual Supervisor, Music Supervisor, Archival Research & Licensing + Directed & Produced Reenactments, B-Roll

The Devil You Know (Season I), Make Believe Media, 2010

8 x 1 hour true-crime documentary series for Investigation Discovery US/OWN

Visuals, Archive, Music Research & Licensing Associate + Directed & Filmed B-Roll

No Fun City, Make Believe Films, 2010

Full-length documentary, broadcast on Superchannel. Best documentary at Victoria Film Festival & Best ‘no budget’ Feature at the Toronto Independent Film Festival. Screened worldwide, acclaimed in press.

Producer, Director, Writer

Oh Boy Productions, 2009

Corporate video production company, clients include: Tourism BC, Vancouver Board of Trade, UBC.

Editor, GFX

L’Univers de Musique Plus, CHUM, 2009

3x 5min lifestyle segments for Musique Plus (Muchmusic in Quebec)

Director, Editor, Videographer

Shake Rattle & Roll, BCIT, 2008

Short documentary. Won CBC Award for Excellence & Deluxe TV Award, screened at various fests.

Producer, Director, Writer

COMMUNICATIONS

Freelance – Vancouver – Ongoing

Various Film & TV clients including: Very Bad Men (ID), The Devil You Know (OWN), Abandon Ship (CBC), Venus & Mars (CBC), How to be a Wild Elephant (CBC), For the Love of Elephants (CBC), Music is the Medicine (OMNI).

Unit Publicist, Web Consultant, Social Media Manager

Hello Cool World – Vancouver, BC – 2009-2010

BC Cancer's Pap Awareness "LACE" Campaign

Social Media, Project Manager, Videographer

L’Oreal Canada – Montreal, QC – 2003-2006

Marketing & category management department for the L’Oreal Paris, Maybelline & Garnier brands.

Marketing Coordinator (bilingual)

Arlene’s Grocery Music Venue – NYC – 2000-2002

Indie Rock Music Venue in the Lower East Side of Manhattan

Assistant Manager, Booker, Publicity, Co-creator of the Picture Show Film Festival

LD Communications – London, UK - 1999-2000

Boutique A-List PR firm, clients include: The Rolling Stones, The Brit Awards, Shania Twain, Janet Jackson, Party in the Park

Junior Publicist/ Executive Assistant

EDUCATION

2015 Web Design, CSS & HTML - Ladies Learning Code

2014 Writing for Web & Multimedia - UBC

2006-2008 Technical Diploma in Broadcast Television – BCIT (with honours)

2005 Video Production certificate – Concordia University Montreal

MELISSA JAMES