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Melissa James

Melissa James

Jr. Publicist & Executive Assistant

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  • Timeline

  • About me

    Producer | Director | Archival Producer

  • Education

    • British Columbia Institute of Technology

      2006 - 2008
      Certificate Broadcast Communications - TV & Video Production Graduated with Honours

    • The University of British Columbia

      2014 - 2015
      Digital Communication and Media/Multimedia

      Writing for WebDigital Project Management

    • Concordia University

      2004 - 2005
      Certificate Video Production

      Video Production

  • Experience

    • LD Publicity

      Jan 1999 - Jan 2001
      Jr. Publicist & Executive Assistant

      Junior Publicist and Executive Assistant at a boutique A-list PR Agency in Soho, London. Primary client: Shania Twain. Others included: Janet Jackson, The Brit awards, Party in the Park.

    • Arlene's Grocery Music Venue

      Jan 2001 - Jun 2002
      Assistant Manager, Booker & Marketing Coordinator

      Marketing and communications for legendary indie rock music venue in the Lower East Side of Manhattan. Booking bands and assisting the booker and management with the daily running of the bar.

    • L'Oreal Canada

      Jan 2003 - Jan 2006
      Marketing Coordinator

      Category Management coordinator for L'Oreal Canada's in-house marketing department - Commercial Products Division (L'Oreal/Garnier/Maybelline). ACNielsen coordinator for all L'Oreal brands.

    • Oh Boy Productions

      Jan 2008 - Jan 2009
      Video Editor

      Corporate video editor using Final Cut Pro, Adobe Premiere, After Effects, Photoshop.Clients include: Vancouver Board of Trade, Tourism BC, UBC, Forum for Women Entrepreneurs etc.

    • Freelance

      Jan 2010 - Apr 2022
      Producer, Impact Producer, Development Producer, Film Marketing & Communications

      www.lissjames.com

    • Make Believe Media

      Jan 2010 - Aug 2012

      Creator of the award-winning feature documentary No Fun City about Vancouver's underground music scene. The film was highly critically acclaimed, aired on Superchannel, premiered at DOXA and screened at festivals around the world including Victoria Film Fest where it won Best Documentary. www.nofuncity.org True Crime Documentary series on OWN/ Investigation DiscoveryProducing/directing secondary visuals, reenactments, b-roll. Visual recommendations, stock video licensingArchive research and licensing Music recommendations and licensing

      • Director, Producer, Writer - No Fun City

        Aug 2009 - Aug 2012

      • Visuals and Music Supervisor - The Devil You Know (3 seasons)

        Jan 2010 - Apr 2012

    • Make Believe Media

      Jul 2013 - Jan 2014
      Production Manager - How to be a Wild Elephant

      Production manager for the CBC documentary How to be a Wild Elephant for The Nature of Things. http://www.cbc.ca/natureofthings/episodes/how-to-be-a-wild-elephant

    • Flying Cloud Productions

      Sept 2014 - Jan 2016

      Creative Producer and Digital Project Manager for interactive web-based educational documentary. Associate Producer for the Peabody Award winning documentary Human Harvest.www.humanharvestmovie.com

      • Digital Producer - Life in a Labour Camp

        Jan 2015 - Jan 2016

      • Associate Producer - Human Harvest

        Sept 2014 - Jan 2016

    • Flying Cloud Productions

      Jun 2016 - Dec 2018

      Co-producer of the feature documentary Letter from Masanjia which premiered at Hot Docs 2018 and was hailed by the New York Times as a "potent documentary". Winner of over 10 festival awards. Feature documentary broadcast on the CBC Documentary channel in March 2017. Winner of four Leo Awards including Best Feature Documentary.

      • Co Producer - Letter from Masanjia

        Jan 2017 - Dec 2018

      • Co-Producer - Avenues of Escape

        Jun 2016 - Jun 2017

    • Entertainment One

      Sept 2017 - Nov 2017
      Development Producer

    • Skillen & Co.

      Jan 2019 - Apr 2022
      Producer

      Delivering meaningful doc-style commercial projects from concept through to post. Clients include TEDX, Telus, BC NDP, Emily Carr University.

    • Nootka Street Film Co.

      Jul 2019 - Apr 2022
      Archive Producer

      Dear Reader (2020): 10-part series for Knowledge NetworkSomeone Like Me (2020): Feature Documentary for NFB

    • Hello Cool World Media

      Nov 2020 - Apr 2022
      Impact Producer

      Produced Cool.World webinar series supported by the Canada Arts Council. Impact producer at award-winning full service creative & digital agency whose projects include The Corporation, The New Corporation, The Grizzlies, Indian Horse, 65_Redroses.

    • National Film Board of Canada

      Jan 2021 - Apr 2021
      Research Associate

    • Crossover Films

      Sept 2021 - now
      Archive Producer

      Feature documentary for ESPN 30 for 30

    • Nootka Street Film Co.

      Oct 2021 - now
      Producer

      Satan Wants You - Feature documentary for CBC Documentary Channel. Premiered at SXSW 2023.

    • Yap films

      Nov 2023 - now
      Archival Producer

  • Licenses & Certifications

    • TV & Video Production

  • Honors & Awards

    • Awarded to Melissa James
      Best Documentary Victoria International Film Festival 2011
    • Awarded to Melissa James
      Award for Excellence CBC 2009

  • Volunteer Experience

    • Screening Comittee

      Issued by DOXA Documentary Film Festival on Jan 2018
      DOXA Documentary Film FestivalAssociated with Melissa James

    • Director

      Issued by Reel Causes on Mar 2016
      Reel CausesAssociated with Melissa James