Jim Morrissette
Technical Director
For over thirty-five years, Jim Morrissette has had extensive experience as both a professional videographer and teacher, supporting his conviction that sharing and access are instrumental to the vitality of the independent production community. Jim has been the director of photography on numerous productions including: the award winning PBS documentary A Still Small Voice dealing with spiritual thought and mystic understanding, five episodes of Bill Kurtis' New Explorers, two episodes of Discovering Women for WGBH Boston, and Shadow Over Tibet, a documentary featuring the Dalai Lama. He was the principal videographer on the highly acclaimed six hour Frontline documentary The Farmer's Wife, which aired twice nationally on PBS.
As the Technical Director of Kartemquin Films for over a decade, Jim has worked on many of their productions including The New Americans in 2004, and he was the Director of Photography for Kartemquin’s Peabody award winning Terra Incognita in 2007 and Make No Little Plans in 2009. Jim also serves as a teacher and technical consultant for numerous community-based organizations and universities.
Films by Jim Morrissette
- '63 Boycott 2017
- Technical Supervisor, COLOR CORRECTION
- Raising Bertie 2016
- Technical Supervisor
- Unbroken Glass 2016
- Technical Director
- In the Game 2015
- Technical Director, additional camera
- Hard Earned 2015
- Technical Supervisor / Colorist
- The Homestretch 2014
- color, Technical Advisor
- Almost There 2014
- Technical Supervisor
- Life Itself 2014
- Technical Supervisor
- American Arab 2013
- Colorist and Technical Supervisor
- A Good Man 2011
- additional camera, Technical Supervisor & Online Editor, Production Support for Kartemquin Films
- The Interrupters 2011
- Technical Supervisor
- Sacred Transformations 2010
- Color Correction/Technical Supervision
- In the Family 2008
- POST PRODUCTION TECHNICAL SUPERVISOR
- At the Death House Door 2008
- Kartemquin Staff
- Mapping Stem Cell Research: Terra Incognita 2007
- Director of Photography, Post Production Technical Director
- Golub: Late Works Are the Catastrophes 2004
- Post-Production Supervisor
- Refrigerator Mothers 2002
- Post Production Supervisor
- 5 Girls 2001
- Technical Supervision
- Vietnam, Long Time Coming 1998
- Technical Advisor
- Chicago Crossings: Bridges and Boundaries 1994
- Production Associates
- Hoop Dreams 1994
- Technical Consultant
- Where's I. W. Abel? 1975
- Editors
- Sports-Action Pro-Files 1972
- Assistant Cameramen
