James Weitz

Sourced real Charros or Mexican cowboys and Oil Derrick workers for a series of commercials. Ventured to Bakersfield to shoot and interview oil workers.

Cast the best High School basketball and football players in Las Vegas for a series of street games. Audition players to insure high level competitive action.

Story Producer for a high school basketball program in Little Rock, Arkansas. Pre-interviewed coaches and players. Sourced locations, crowd and cheerleaders to create a packed gym environment for a "real game" feeling.

Sourced, shot and interviewed over 200 Facebook users for testimonial interviews in NYC. Walked the 5 boroughs seeing out interesting characters from all backgrounds age 13- 73.

Story Producer for a series of Corporate Responsibility films for Target. Research, interviews and locations for "wild salmon" in Kodiak, Alaska to Direct trade coffee in Jinotega, Nicaragua. Also shot stories in Minneapolis, Chicago and Los Angeles.

Shot a 2 camera time-lapse over a 4 day period. Two artists painting a mural for an Icelandic Vodka company.

Producer/ camera operator for a cross country documentary following an LA based artist driving a 14 foot steel cross to NYC. The cross replaced the famous I-beam cross that was found amongst the wreckage at the World Trade Center on 9/11. Conducted hundreds of otf interview, set up locations across the country.

Shot intimate testimonial interviews of Budweiser drinkers.

Shot three features for Bleacher Report.

Children aged 3 to 5 singing along with Elmo and Bert and Ernie on a stage with truss lighting and fog in a Rock n Roll atmosphere.

Shot and interviewed Miss Rheingold for a Brooklyn Breweries documentary.

Rock n roll Elmo tours the country on a bus and engages with various groups of children around Los Angeles.

Produced, interviewed and shot B-roll for 20 "where are they now?" segments for Dodgers weekly. Former stars included Dodger legends like Steve Yeager, Ron Cey, Sweet Lou Johnson, Maury Wills.

Interviewed a broad spectrum of HP employees for a short film about the history of the company.

Producer and interviewer for Lane Kiffen weekly show. Produced 14 "where are they now?' segments featuring Trojan legends.

Producer, Interviewer and B-roll shooter for 15 "where are they now?" segments for Bruins weekly. Interviewed former Bruin legends including Terry Donahue, Dick Vermeil, John Sciarra, Cormac Carney. Gathered archival video and stills to compliment each segment.

Found obsessed fans for a series of short films for the NFL Network. Stories included a "Fanbulance" in Atlanta, 3 Sisters in their late 70's in New England, 5 generations of Ravens fans, a parade of Packer vehicles in Green Bay, a lifeguard in San Diego and lowriders in Los Angeles.

A series of short films introducing the Activision people to the Blizzard on day one of the billion dollar merger between the two gaming giants.

Cast semi-pro Soccer players and referees for a Soccer World Cup commercial.

Camera operator for a music documentary.

Reality sizzle about 5 gay friends who are bound by their love of beach volleyball and the difficulties of coming out.

Documentary style commercial featuring Chevron employees for the Tiger Woods golf tournament.

Followed 3 active young families with children around the world. Travelled from Puerto Rico to the Swiss Alps with 3 different families. Just because you have a baby in a stroller doesn't mean you can't explore the world.

A series of 5 testimonials featuring runners who use Nike Plus to gain an edge in their training.

A series of 18 documentary style commercials for Cadillac featuring brand lovers ranging from Joan Jett to a 93 year old woman in Michigan.

Directed a series of 3 pilots following the Los Angeles Galaxy through the MLS playoffs through to the championship. Made use of seven cameras and a host to tell the story of the 2006 MLS playoffs.

Chose 5 high school basketball across the USA as they made the transition to Division 1 basketball. All 5 are currently in the NBA.

camera operator

Docusoap following a Jewish amateur dramatic group in North London, UK. The cast included a barrister, a Montessori headmistress, a lingerie model and many other characters as they attempt to stage Fiddler on the roof.

Co-creator and Co-executive producer of a docusoap that takes place in an African-American hair salon. Shot teaser and sold it to ABC Family with Mess Media as the show runner.

Cast the best youth soccer players in Rio de Janeiro for a series of small sided games across the city.

Cast professional surfers and runners for an action/adventure commercial shot on the North Shore of Oahu.

Cast the best youth soccer players for a 5 a side game played in a project outside Buenos Aires.

Cast the best soccer jugglers in the world to play in an Olympic sized pool with Brazilian legend Ronaldinho.

Cast surfers in Biarritz, France to ride a wave on top of a fountain in San Sebatian, Spain.

Found the best soccer jugglers in the world to play with Brazil world player of the year Ronaldinho.

Documentary style pilot about a Family in Crisis that receives therapy from a renowned therapist.

Documentary about the collaboration of 27 singer songwriters from over 20 countries for Expo 2000 in Germany.

Documented a trip that took 12 elementary school teachers representing schools with low-test scores from Washington, D.C., and took them on an eye opening trip to South Africa, to learn about the environment and to stimulate their interest in science and conservation.

Part of a ground breaking documentary team that traveled to Cuba to film a historic collaboration between big name American (Mick Fleetwood, Bonnie Raitt, Montel Jordan) and British (Andy Summers, Stuart Copeland) musicians and their Cuban counterparts. The collaboration culminated in a concert at the Karl Marx theatre in Havana.

Environmental documentary that followed music duo, the Indigo Girls, on a tour of North American Indian Reservations. The aim of the tour was to raise awareness of Native American issues for the Cherokee, Penobscot, Shoshone and Mohawk tribes. The film focused on cultural and environmental damage suffered by the tribes.

Field producer for a show that travelled around North America looking for previously un televised sports. Covered events ranging from Swamp Buggy racing in Naples, FL. to Skijoring in Montana. Did extensive research looking for new sports prior to production.

Researched television ideas for the reality division of Fox TV. Duties included creating micro budget pilots, and researching the feasibility of potential series ideas

Cast dancehall dancers for Shaggy in Kingston, Jamaica.

Cast dancehall dancers in Port Antonio and Kingston, Jamaica.