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Walmart Labs: AR Hackathon Sizzle Reel – UC Berkeley, 2016
Director of Photograpahy and Editor. Shot on Sony FS7.
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Wallet Hub “Awwwww” for Ludlow Media, 2017
I was the director of photography for a series of these web ads for Wallet Hub through Ludlow Media. Shot on location in the Bay Area with a minimal crew; me, a Gaffer, and a sound tech. All were shot on my Sony FS7.
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LinkedIn “Bias in Performance Review Conversations” Training Video, 2019
I was the director of photography for a series of these LinkedIn HR employee videos for LinkedIn, produced by Inner Circle Creative. Shot on Sony FS7 and Sony A7SII with a three person crew.
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Path of Renewal: A Decade of Transformation in Native Community Development, 2010
Produced in 2010 for the non-profit Oweesta, Corp. in South Dakota. Narrated by Michael Horse. This is the short version. There is also a more detailed and story-driven 30- minute version. “Journey through the last decade and discover how Native community development financial institutions (CDFIs) are addressing critical barriers to economic development, enriching the lives […]
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Interview with my Great Aunt Mary Michano Lees, Elder of the Biigtigong Nishnaabeg First Nation (Pic River Ojibway), 2012
I interviewed my Great Aunt Mary, youngest sibling of my grandmother Doris Finlayson/Michano/Fortier, in August 2012, for our documentary “Gifts From the Elders” with the participation of the Biigtigong Nishnaabeg First Nation (Heron Bay/Pic River) Ojibway community including many other elders both on and off the reserve and college age youth. This is the full […]
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LinkedIn: Unconscious Bias “Gender Bias” Video, 2018
I was the director of photography for a series of these LinkedIn HR employee video for LinkedIn, produced by Inner Circle Creative. Shot on Sony FS7 and Sony A7SII with a three person crew.
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2010 US Census Northwest Region PSA “We Are Indian, and We Count”, 2009
I was the DP and Editor for a series of these PSAs as Creative Director for Naqmayam Communications (Joely Proudfit).
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Intuit “We Care & Give Back” Long Form Video, 2009
Intuit Human Resources Group All Hands Long Form Video. Edited in FCP 7.0 with Apple Motion graphics template modifications. I shot this with Panasonic HPX 300 Camera. The longer 22-minute format allowed a more documentary storytelling approach.
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Bluebird CPAs, Branding Video, 2016
Rebranding video for Bluebird CPAs, LLC. Produced, shot and edited by Turtle Island Productions’ James Fortier, for Naqmayam Communications
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Wallet Hub “Pole” for Ludlow Media, 2017
I was the director of photography for a series of these web ads for Wallet Hub through Ludlow Media. Shot on location in the Bay Area with a minimal crew; me, a Gaffer, and a sound tech. All were shot on my Sony FS7.
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Sony FX9 Samples
Recent samples of talking head interviews and teleprompter reads shot on the Sony FX9 with Sony Prime Lenses with a three person crew: DP, Grip, & PA.
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Urban Inferno: The Night Santa Rosa Burned, 2018
From 2018, I shot the principle interviews for this locally produced documentary in Santa Rosa, CA.
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Turing Video: “Robotics & Drone Security: for Inner Circle Creative, 2017
I was this the Director of Photography for this marketing video produced by Inner Circle Creative in 2017, shot on my Sony FS7 and Sony A7SII.
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LinkedIn: Unconscious Bias “Parenthood” Video, 2016
I was the director of photography for a series of these LinkedIn HR employee video for LinkedIn, produced by Inner Circle Creative. Shot on Sony FS7 and Sony A7SII with a three person crew.
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2010 US Census Los Angeles Region PSA “We Are Indian, and We Count”, 2009
I was the DP and Editor for a series of these PSAs as Creative Director for Naqmayam Communications (Joely Proudfit).
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Intuit “Military Network” HR All Hands Video, 2010
Shot and Edited for Intuit’s Human Resources Group. Edited on Final Cut Pro 7.0 with basic motion graphics effects using client supplied video clips, self-shot testimonials and photos along with testimonials I shot with a Panasonic HPX 370 against a white background and was able to composite using luma key settings in FCP 7.
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Intuit Partner Platform, 2013
Highlight video of Intuit’s “Partner Platform” event held in San Francisco. Shot and edited by James Fortier.
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Great Museums: “The National Music Museum”, PBS through Echo Pictures, (Episode Excerpt), 2005
I was the Director of Photography for this PBS syndicated series produced by Echo Pictures, Atlanta, GA. One of my first productions using a new Sony HD camera.
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Gathering Together, 2006
“Gathering Together” was produced, directed, shot and edited by James Fortier in 2006 for the Muckleshoot Indian Tribe near Tacoma, WA. Gathering Together goes behind the scenes to chronicle the story of the Muckleshoot Indian Tribe’s first traditional potlatch in over a century as host of the 2006 Tribal Canoe Journey. As a sort of […]
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“Never Ignored: The Story of AIM, the American Indian Movement”, 2012 (WIP Teaser)
This was a 2012 work in progress sample teaser for a proposed 90-minute documentary on the history of AIM, the American Indian Movement, which I was to co-produce with filmmaker Jay Rosenstein (“In Whose Honor”). Our attempts to secure funding from several sources, including ITVS and the Sundance Documentary Fund were rejected….”too controversial.” I own […]
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LinkedIn: Unconscious Bias “Introvert Extrovert” Video, 2018
I was the director of photography for a series of these LinkedIn HR employee video for LinkedIn, produced by Inner Circle Creative. Shot on Sony FS7 and Sony A7SII with a three person crew.
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2010 US Census LA Region PSA: Pauma Council member Bennae Calac on Community, 2009
I was the DP and Editor for a series of these PSAs as Creative Director for Naqmayam Communications (Joely Proudfit).
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Intuit “HR Fair” Long Form Video, 2011
Intuit Human Resources Group All Hands Long Form Video. Edited in Final Cut Pro 7.0 using Apple Motion graphics template modifications. I shot this with a Panasonic HPX 370 Camera. The longer 5-minute format allowed a more “news magazine” storytelling approach.
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Playing Pastime: American Indians, Softball & Survival, 2006
Documentary short, 30 minutes from 2005. This was a work-in-progress sample that screened at a few film festivals but never received completion funding for the proposed 90-minute verité documentary LeAnne Howe and I envisioned. The story is still out there waiting though. When most people think of baseball, the last thing that comes to mind […]
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TIP Video Archives – Documentary Work Montage, 1996-2002
The only two I did not produce or direct were The Presidio (Jon Plutte) and “Remembering Chief Dan George” for which I was the DP for the two interviews with Dustin Hoffman and Arthur Penn for Métis-Cree Canadian filmmaker Loretta Todd released in 1996.
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Bad Sugar, 2008
Bad Sugar: Episode 3 of the national PBS series “Unnatural Causes: Is Society Making Us Sick?” 2008. Producer/Director/Co-DP Dupont-Columbia Broadcast Journalism Award. The Pima and Tohono O’odham Indians of southern Arizona have arguably the highest rates of Type 2 diabetes in the world. A century ago, the disease was virtually unknown here, but the subsequent […]
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Clyde Bellecourt on the 7th Prophecy & AIM for “Never Ignored: The Story of AIM, the American Indian Movement”, 2012 (WIP Teaser)
I filmed this interview in San Francisco for a 2012 work in progress sample teaser for a proposed 90-minute documentary on the history of AIM, the American Indian Movement. This and other clips were to be used in a proposed 90-minute documentary on the history of AIM, the American Indian Movement, which I was to […]
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LinkedIn: Unconscious Bias “Similar to Me” Video, 2018
I was the director of photography for a series of these LinkedIn HR employee video for LinkedIn, produced by Inner Circle Creative. Shot on Sony FS7 and Sony A7SII with a three person crew.
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2010 US Census Los Angeles Region PSA: Senator Ben Nighthorse Campbell on “Seven Generations”, 2009
I was the DP and Editor for a series of these PSAs as Creative Director for Naqmayam Communications (Joely Proudfit).
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Intuit “Employee Engagement” HR All Hands Video, 2010
Edited and shot for Intuit’s Human Resources Group. Edited on Final Cut Pro 7.0 with Apple Motion graphics effects using some client supplied video clips and photos. Key testimonials were shot by me on a Panasonic HPX 300 camera.
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Memoir of a Choctaw Indian Pt. 1, 2013
This was shot in 2013on a Canon 5D III in Wadi Rum, Jordan for Choctaw author and playwright LeAnne Howe’s forthcoming eBook “Memoirs of a Choctaw in Jordan” (Working title). Shot and edited by James Fortier.
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From These Silent Ashes: Mormons, Utes, & the Black Hawk War, 2009 (WIP Sample)
A work-in-progress sample that never received funding to continue, but the story is still there waiting to be told. This 60-90-minute documentary for PBS will, for the first time, bring to light the little known history of the Ute warrior Noonch, better know as Black Hawk, who’s leadership, and in the eyes of some, whose […]
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Green Green Water, 2004
Associate Producer/Director of Photography, 2006. Green Green Water follows U.S. consumer, Dawn Mikkelson, as she traces the source of her ‘green energy’ back to the displacement of the indigenous Cree and Metis in Northern Manitoba. Whitewashed under auspices of renewable energy, power suppliers Xcel Energy and Manitoba Hydro provide cheap hydro-electric power to Minnesota – […]