JAMIE ROBERTSON
Visual Storyteller
How can I help you?
I am a visual storyteller with a boundless passion for telling compelling stories that spark emotions with memorable words and images.
I mainly work as a writer-director but have also worked as a field producer, post-production producer, edit producer, ghost writer, script editor, researcher, VFX set supervisor and as a cameraman and photographer.
I have directed a diverse range of productions including many documentaries, TV commercials, TV series, True Crime dramatic re-constructions, feature films, corporate films, museum film installations and online content, working with crews ranging from 3 to 100 in studios and on location in many countries including the UK, USA, Australia, New Zealand, Singapore, Malaysia, Vietnam, China, Taiwan, Hong Kong, Thailand, Indonesia, Aceh, Sri Lanka, Turkey, France and Ecuador.
If I can ever be of help to your company, registered charity or not-for-profit organisation please get in touch.
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CV available on request.
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Documentaries
JIMMY'S KITCHEN: Writer-Director
A documentary that tells the story of Jimmy Pham, a humble and compassionate man who has helped some of the street kids of Hanoi in Vietnam by setting up KOTO, a restaurant and training school to provide working opportunities for them. KOTO is an acronym for Know One Teach One.
AFTER THE WAVE: Writer-Director
A documentary that tells the story of five people that were affected by the Boxing Day tsunami in 2004. They share their personal memories of what it was like for them on that fateful day when almost 230,000 people from more than a dozen countries died. It may be a distant memory for most of us but for thousands of others that date is etched in their minds forever.
BUG BROTHER: Director
You might pride yourself on being clean and tidy around the home but the truth is you are living with alien-like creatures. Every room, every cupboard, every nook and cranny is infested with little creatures of mass destruction. Dust mites, grain weevils, cockroaches and maggots, until now they’ve preyed on the fact that you can’t see them, but all that is about to change…Welcome to 24 hours in the Bug Brother house.
Nature Conservation
Director-Cameraman
A series of videos produced for the Nature Conservation Council of NSW to help promote public awareness about conservation issues and to 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.
Director-Cameraman for Kimberley Land Council
A short video about Paruku Indigenous Protected Area (IPA) in the Great Sandy Desert, a very remote spot in Western Australia. 937 km from Broome and 889 km from Alice Springs.
Online Content
A short film about my mother's experiences in the WRNS in WW2
A short film about Aboriginal Artist Steven Bond
True Crime Dramatic Re-Constructions
Deadly Women: Dramatic Reconstructions Director
True Crime stories about female murderers in the UK, USA and Australia.
TV Commercials
TV Commercials Director
I have directed over 200 TVCs with Live Action, Motion Control, Stop Motion, 2D & 3D Animation, Hi speed photography and numerous specialist lenses.