JAMIE ROBERTSON
Producer-Director
Salisbury, UK
UK Mobile: +44 750 394 5890
Email: jamierobertson@ozemail.com.au
Website: www.jamierobertson.com.au
Career Summary:
I am an experienced and innovative Producer-Director with a passion for telling compelling stories with
memorable images and I have a proven track record in getting great performances from presenters,
scientists, actors and animals. I specialize in making visually exciting content and combine in-camera and
post-production visual effects techniques to achieve the best results for my clients. I have worked on many
documentaries, TV series, TV commercials and museum displays in the UK, USA, Australia, New Zealand,
Singapore, Vietnam, China, Taiwan, Hong Kong, Turkey, France and Ecuador.
Examples of my work can be viewed on: https://vimeo.com/user17583024/videos
PRODUCER-DIRECTOR (Plus Edit Producer and Visual Effects Consultant)
Natural History:
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“Jungle Babies: Tarsier Tails”
Consultant Edit Producer
Artists in Motion/Mark Wild/Ch5
20 x 22 mins
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“Death of the Mega Beasts”
Visual Effects Consultant
Consultant and Set Supervisor
National Geographic US/SBS/TV France/Prospero Productions
96/86/52 mins
Creature Animation Hive Studios (200 shots)
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“Bug Brother”
Director
National Geographic/Parthenon Entertainment UK
1 hr
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“Wild China”
Series Producer/Co-Writer
Discovery Channel/Southern Star
6 hrs
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“The 4 Seasons”
Post Production Director
1 hr
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“Shadows in the Desert”
Edit & Story Consultant
1 hr
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“Kingdom of the Jabiru”
Assistant Producer-Production Manager
1 hr
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“Ghosts of the Forest”
Co-Writer& Edit Consultant
1 hr
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“Wild Sex”
Director/Producer
2 hrs
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CH7/Visionquest Entertainment “Reptiles: In Cold Blood”
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Segment-Director Australia
WNET/Partridge Films UK
4 hrs
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“Sea of Knowledge”
Co-Producer with Peter Venn
CH9 Australia-CTC
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“Sounds like Australia”
Director/ Editor/Writer
1 hr
National Geographic-ABC-Film 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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“From Fishpond to Fantasy”
Co-Producer with Peter Parks/Editor
Oxford Scientific Films/WNET
1 hr
Chicago International Film Festival 1986 - Best of Festival and Gold Award
Chicago International Film Festival 1990 - Best of the Decade
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“No Man’s Land”
Director/Editor
26 mins
ABC/SAFC
ACS AWARDS 1983- Golden Tripod Best Wildlife Film
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“The Reef Builders”
Director/Production Manager
Discovery Channel
1 hr
Human Interest:
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“The Railway: First Great Western”
Edit Producer
Two Four Group/Ch5
8hrs
“Deadly Women” Re-enactments Director-Writer on 20 stories about female murderers in the USA,
UK and Australia.
Investigation Discovery/Beyond International
5hrs
“My Tasty Travels with Lynda Bellingham”
Edit Producer
ITV/Two Four Group/
22hrs
“Holiday Home Sweet Home” Edit Producer
ITV/Two Four Group
1hr
“Roar of the Kittyhawk”
Re-enactments Director – Edit Supervisor
History Channel/Look Films
1hr
“Sydney New Year’s Eve”
Australian Location Director
Discovery International/In Focus Asia
1 hr
“Jimmy’s Kitchen”
Director-Producer-Writer
ABC/Magichour Films
26 mins
“Bush Survival”
Director-Writer-Co-Producer with Norm Wilkinson
2 hrs
CH7/Visionquest Entertainment/Magichour Films
“Asian Cinema: Taiwan”
Re-versioning Director
Discovery Asia/The Right Angle Singapore
1 hr
“Asian Cinema: South Korea”
Re-versioning Director
Discovery Asia/The Right Angle Singapore
1 hr
“Mystery of the Full Moon”
Co-Director with Tristram Miall
Discovery/Golden Dolphin Films
1hr
DIRECTOR: TV COMMERCIALS
I have directed over 200 TVCs with Live Action, Motion Control, Stop Motion, 2D&3D CGI VFX and
Animation, Hi speed and various specialist lenses.
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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
J Walter Thompson: Nature's Way - “Plants” New York and London International Advertising Awards.
Best of category
Saatchi & Saatchi: AWA - “AWA Computers” New York International Advertising Awards – Gold
VISUAL EFFECTS CONSULTANT: SET SUPERVISOR: Feature Films and TV Movies
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“Daybreakers”
Visual Effects Consultant Producer
Feature Film Lions Gate/ Kanuka Studio. Winner AFI Award for Best VFX
“Paulie: The Parrot’s Tale” Visual Effects Set Supervisor
Feature Film: Dreamworks, USA and CFC-Framestore UK
“A Christmas Carol”
Visual Effects Consultant
TV Movie Hallmark/Framestore, UK 3D & 2D animation combined
VISUAL CONSULTANT: Museum displays
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“Fire Poles”
Created two digital 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.
ABC Natural History Unit and Museum Victoria.
PHOTOGRAPHER:
My photos have appeared in international publications for companies such as Random House, Global
Publishing, BBC Natural History Magazine and Horizon International.
My work has been exhibited in Sydney, Melbourne, Canberra and Noosa.
Examples of my work can be viewed on:
http://jamierobertso6.wix.com/jamierobertson#!home/mainPage
Mission Statement
My goal is to use all my skills to ‘educate by entertainment’, especially about conservation issues, by
producing professional and powerful documentary films and photographs that will inspire individuals and
companies to build enduring relationships between people and wildlife for a future in which humans can live
in balance with the natural world.