Mission-Driven Documentary Communications Coordinator

Michael James Ramsey

Sausalito, CA • 303-***-**** • ********@**********.***

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Senior creative producer, editor, and documentary DOP, with over 15 years leading documentary, campaign, broadcast, and brand storytelling for mission-driven organizations and global companies, work that has won over 100 national and international film festival and ad campaign awards, and earned millions of views on YouTube and other platforms. Founder of Spoken Image and Co-Founder of fiscally sponsored Nautilus Pictures, directing media outreach and fundraising campaigns on climate change, public health, and conservation, focusing on deep collaborations with frontline Indigenous communities.

Core Skills

● Experienced Lead Creative Producer & Group Creative Director

● Editor, Colorist, Motion Graphics Designer, and Sound Mixer, Premiere, DaVinci Resolve, iZotope, Adobe CS

● Documentary Director of Photography (Sony, Arri, Fujifilm GFX, RED)

● Scriptwriting and Story Development

● Crew and Project Management

● Highly Competent Interviewer

● Fundraising and Budget Management

● Community Engagement and Public Speaking

● Remote Location and Aerial Cinematography

Work Experience

Producer, Editor, Cinematographer Spoken Image LLC — International Feb 2003 – Present

● Throughout my career, I have served as a writer, producer, director, cinematographer, and editor across feature documentaries, television series, animation, music videos, live productions, and commercials.

● Clients include National Geographic, Discovery Channel, PBS, C-SPAN, McGarryBowen NY, Sequence, Continuity, The Oceanic Preservation Society, Ambrose, Avaaz, Getty Images, Toyota Motor Sales, The Sierra Club, PEW Charitable Trusts, Emily’s List, Comedy Central, Free Speech TV, Al Jazeera, BING, and AT&T.

● Managed relationships with agencies, brands, NGOs, and broadcast networks.

● Developed and managed production schedules, strategies, and budgets.

● Raised significant funds for NGO partners across environmental, climate, and public health sectors.

● Conducted interviews with public figures, best-selling authors, scientists, corporate executives, academics, and religious leaders.

● Oversaw post-production including story assembly, editing, music composition, color correction, motion graphics, and sound mixing to broadcast and web delivery standards.

● Planned and managed shoots in studio, remote locations, even underwater through completion.

● Extensive experience with Sony, Arri, RED, and Fuji camera systems, gimbal and motion control systems, lighting and sound design.

Co-Founder, Lead Producer, Editor Nautilus Pictures LLC — Boulder, CO / Santa Fe, NM / Navajo Nation Nov 2022 – Present

● Worked as lead producer with Navajo and Puebloan storytellers to create documentaries, interactive campaigns, and fundraising assets.

● Produced the award-winning documentary "Our Story – The Indigenous-Led Fight to Protect Greater Chaco," distributed on Prime, Kanopy, and Tubi, and used in curricula in over 300 universities and schools.

● Media campaigns that helped to raise several million dollars for NGO partners, and screenings for policymakers in Washington, D.C., that are credited as having been instrumental in securing the 10-mile buffer zone around Chaco Culture National Historical Park, halting fracking leasing in the area.

● Currently in the final post-production stages on a feature-length documentary presenting the sacred mountains of Diné Bikéyah, covering nearly 30,000 square miles of Navajo homelands. Producer and Creative Director Toyota — Advanced Technologies Division, Torrance, CA Feb 2009 – Feb 2015

● Led projects promoting hydrogen fuel cell adoption, including interactive applications, 3D modeling, and animations promoting Toyota’s first publicly available hydrogen electric vehicle, the Mirai.

● Directed an internationally produced campaign on the evolution of transportation technology, with shoots in Indonesia, Thailand, West Africa, Japan, and Morocco.

● Produced videos supporting Toyota's efforts to clean up diesel fuel operations in the Galápagos Islands. Filmmaking Instructor Various Institutions — USA Jan 2005 – Present

● Taught workshops and mentored production teams across all phases of filmmaking, with a focus on creative development for in house production teams.

● Oceanic Preservation Society: engaged to teach a filmmaking intensive for the team that went on to produce the Academy Award-winning documentary The Cove; role evolved into a multi-year position as field producer and cinematographer.

● Navajo Nation NGOs and high school students: ongoing mentorship in documentary filmmaking.

● Fort Lewis College: Filmmaking and editing instructor, 2002–2003. Education

Bachelor of Science, Ethnomusicology (Self-Directed) — Fort Lewis College, Durango, CO May 2022

Anthropology and music studies at San Francisco State University and Fort Lewis College, with fieldwork and performance study in Japanese Classical, West African, Afro-Brazilian, and North Indian Classical music. Additional Skills and Experience

- Conversational Spanish, Brazilian Portuguese, and French

- Campaigner and Canvasser

- Lead Mountainering Instructor for adjudecated youth residential programs

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