Jim G.
Oakland, CA, USA
$550 - $1200
Jim Granato is an award-winning filmmaker based in Oakland, California. Since 1996, he has directed and produced several short films and music videos. His recent films, A Day With My Boy: Slug War (2014), was licensed by PBS and premiered on their Online Film Festival, and Angels (2013) was nominated for a Golden Gate Award at the San Francisco International Film Festival. He has made music videos for Sonny & The Sunsets, Rogue Wave, Ramon & Jessica, Pancho-San and The Bobbyteens.
D Tour (2009), his first feature length film as director and producer, has won several awards including the Golden Gate Award for Bay Area Feature Documentary from the San Francisco International Film Festival and the Jury Prize for Best Documentary from the Bend Film Festival. D Tour premiered nationwide on the PBS Emmy award-winning program Independent Lens in November 2009. He is currently working on a second feature film project with underground "budget rock" legends, The Mummies.
As a freelance Director, Producer, Videographer and Editor, Jim Granato has worked on projects for The History Channel, The Travel Channel, Court TV, Adobe, San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, Oakland Museum of California, The Exploratorium and dozens of independent filmmakers and organizations worldwide.
- Documentary DP
- Non-Fiction Film Director
- Video Editor - Documentary
- Fixer
- Production Assistant
- Field Producer
- Full-Service Live Production
- Colorist