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Credits

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 Location Director/DP
  • “Indian Country Diaries- Spiral of Fire”  A 90-minute documentary feature for Native American Public Telecommunications and PBS. National PBS premiered in November, 2006.

Writer/Associate Producer/DP

  • "Waasa-Inaabidaa: We Look In All Directions" WDSE-TV, PBS Six-part documentary series, and companion website at www.ojibwe.org, covering 500+ years of history and culture of 19 Ojibwe tribes in three states. National PBS Premiere, 2002. APTN (Canada) premiere, November 2003.

Writer/Director/DP

  • “Alcatraz Is Not An Island” Documentary feature about the 1969-71
  • American Indian occupation of Alcatraz Island. Official selection 2001
  • Sundance Film Festival. Premiered on PBS nationally in November, 2002

Writer/Producer Director/DP

  • “Bad Sugar” A 30-minute episode of the national PBS series “Unnatural
  • Causes: Is Inequality Making Us Sick?” Produced in cooperation with the
  • Pima and Tohono O’odham tribes, exploring the link between historical
  • and social determinants and Type Two Diabetes. Premiered nationally on
  • PBS in the Spring of 2008.
  • “Gathering Together” One hour documentary sequel to “Pulling Together”
  • for the Muckleshoot Indian Tribe. Premiered at AIFF, November of 2007.
  • “Pulling Together” Feature-length documentary with the Muckleshoot Indian
  • Tribe, premiered at the Palm Springs native American Film Festival, 2005.
  • "Voices for the Land" Environmental documentary for WDSE-TV, PBS,
  • Minnesota. Broadcast premiere Nov. 2000.
  • “Waswagoning Ojibwe Dance Theater” Marketing and promotional video.
Co-Producer/DP
  • “Green Green Water” Documentary feature chronicles the impact of past, present, and future Hydroelectric dams on several Northern Manitoba Cree communities. PBS premiere in the Fall of 2007.

Co-Producer/Director/DP

  • “American Lynching” Documentary feature work in progress.
  • “From These Silent Ashes” Documentary feature work in progress chronicling the story of the Ute war chief Noonch, known by Brigham Young and the Mormons as “Blackhawk.”

Co-Producer/Director/DP/Editor

  • “Playing Pastime: American Indians, Softball, and Survival” Documentary feature work in progress.

Event Producer/Director

  • “30th Anniversary of Alcatraz Occupation” A musical and cultural celebration held on Alcatraz Island. Major press, radio, and TV coverage.

Director of Photography

  • “Nehiyawetan: Let’s Speak Cree”, Season one and two, a children's Cree language series. Premiered on APTN fall of 2008. Season two shot in HDTV.
  • “The Healing Blanket” Health series for Wabano Center for Aboriginal Health, Ottawa, 2004.
  •  “Alcatraz Is Not An Island” Documentary feature for PBS. Premiered November, 2002.
  • “We Hold the Rock” Exhibit video for the National Park Service, Alcatraz Island.
  • “Great Museums” National PBS series, shot in HDTV, PBS Premiere Fall, 2003.
  • “Looks Into the Night” Award winning Native American dramatic short starring Tantoo Cardinal. Premiered on the Aboriginal Peoples Television Network, (Nationwide) Canada.
  • “Stay Tuned” Pilot for VH1 music documentary series.
  • “Don't Be a Target” Nationally broadcast special with Dennis Franz.
  • “In America” Documentary series on immigration, Produced by Echo Pictures, for the International Channel. Silver Telly Award winner.
  • “History of the Presidio” Documentary video shot in 16x 9 digital wide screen.
  • DP for hundreds of corporate, broadcast, and cable productions. Drama, live broadcasts, corporate identity, blue screen. Betacam, DV, Hi Def. Sony D600, D700 WS, and HD 790A.

D.P. 2nd Unit

  • “Today Is A Good Day: Remembering Chief Dan George” CBC documentary feature. Premiered on CBC.
  • “Waasa-Inaabidaa: We Look In All Directions” WDSE-TV, PBS Duluth, Native American documentary.
  • “America Drinks” The History Channel.
  • “50x2000” German Television documentary shot in 16x9 digital wide screen.

L.D./Cameraman

  • NBC's Super Bowl XXVII Special with Dick Enberg.
  • CBS's College Bowl Preview and College Basketball Preview shows with Pat O’Brien for three consecutive seasons.
  • Over 300 live teleconferences/broadcasts for Apple, Hewlett-Packard, Intel, Sun Microsystems, AT&T, Cisco Systems, Oracle and Cadence among others.

 

 

Appearances

Radio Interview Feb. 15, 2010
CBC - Thunder Bay
"The Great Northwest"
Morning Show
Play


SFSU Native American Mural Dedication
Commemorating the 40th Anniversary of the
Indian Occupation of Alcatraz Island
With Special Honored Guests Anna, Fawn Oakes.
Friday, Nov. 20 11AM -3 PM
Ceasar Chavez Student Center - West Plaza

More Information


TIP owner and filmmaker James Fortier was recently selected as the Artist In Residence for the American Indian Studies department at the University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign, where he continued to develop projects with author, playwrite, filmmaker, and professor LeAnne Howe (Choctaw), and conduct a four week video production workshop in Howe's AIS course, American Indian Stereotypes in Film, Fortier also screened several of his documentaries and led Q&A sessions with students and faculty.

Links

Native Biz - Indian Country's Business, News and Social Network

Recent Gigs

Turtle Island Production is currently producing a series of PSAs for the US Census American Indian Partnership Los Angeles and Pacific Northwest Regions.  TIP provided complete production support and crews for 3 days of shoooting at the recent National Congress of American Indians Annual Conference in Palm Springs where testimonials from tribal leaders were shot in HD. TIP is now editing the PSAs for web, DVD, and eventually broadcast distribution.

Screenings

Upcoming screenings of Alcatraz Is Not An Island to commemorate the 40th anniversary of the Indian occupation of Alcatraz Island 1969-71.

November 4, La Peña Cultural Center
Berkeley, CA
Sponsored by AIM-West

November 19, 7 PM
Hearst Museum
UC Berkeley
More Info


November 21, 2009, 8 PM

ATA Gallery, 992 Valencia, SF
Seating is limited.
More Info

American Indian Student Association
@ UCLA Present
Alcatraz Is Not An Island
Nov. 23, 2009 6-9 PM

Haines A25
Panelists Include
Dr. Troy Johnson
Duane Champagne
Deanna Rivera
Carole Goldberg
Chuck Narcho
More Info

If you're interested in obtaining a copy and/or sponsoring a screening contact us to make the arrangements.

 

Special Offers


Book with DP James Fortier for the first time and you'll receive a special introductory package price of $900 for a ten hour day. A $500/day discount.

Package Includes 

Panasonic HPX300
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Fuji Remote Zoom
Batteries & Charger
Cartoni Tripod
Matte Box
Fiter Set

1x 64GB P2 Card
2x 32GB P2 Cards
Apple 17" Laptop
Sony 8045Q Monitor
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Chimeras
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Tungsten and Daylight
Four C-Stands
Flag Kit
6x6 Silk & Scrim
Sandbags
Apple Box & Grip Clamps
Stingers & Diffusion
Senneheiser Wireless Lav
Azden Shotgun Mic
Sony Pro Headphones
Award Winning DP
Top Notch Lighting

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