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Corporate & Education Video Awards

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Turtle Island Production's owner James Fortier started working in the video production field in 1987 primarily on corporate/industrial and educational videos. For the past 22 years we have won numerous awards for our corporate/industrial and education video productions.

San Jose Film & Video Commison "Joey Awards"

Video News Release, 1994
Director of Photography
Sony Corp./3TV Productions "Sony Play Station"

Consumer Video, 1994
Director of Photography
3TV Productions "Kim Anh Music Special"

Music Video, 1994
Director of Photography
3TV Productions "Thanh Lan"

Non-Profit Sales/Marketing Video, 1993
Director of Photography
Pepper Communications/City of Freemont, CA. "Discover Freemont"

TV Commercial, 1993
Gaffer
Don Quixote Productions "Texas 1"

Corporate Marketing, 1992
Lighting Director
Claris Corp./Breene Kerr Productions "Filemaker Pro 2.0"

TV Commercial, 1990
Gaffer
Breene Kerr Productions "El Mexicano Cheese"

Telly Awards

Telly Awards, 1995
Lighting Director
Breene Kerr Productions/Intel. "Pentium Processor To Go"
 

New York Festivals

New York Festivals Award, 1994
Lighting Director
Breene Kerr Productions/Intel "In Review" Intel Corp.'s quarterly news magazine show.

The National Park Service

Award of Excellence, 1997-98
Interpretive Excellence Competion
"We Hold The Rock" Exhibit Video
Director of Photography

National Education Media Network

Bronze Apple Award, 1998
"We Hold the Rock"
Educational Exhibt
Director of Photography


Complete Awards List

 

Links

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

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.

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
w/17x Fuji Lens
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
16x9/4:3
5 Light Arri Kit 
Chimeras
Kino Flo Kit (2x 2 ft 4 bank)
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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