{{Short description|American movie and documentary film director}} {{more footnotes|date=January 2016}} '''Jamie Meltzer''' is an American movie and documentary film director. He has made "True Conviction", ''"Off the Charts: The Song-Poem Story"'', ''"Welcome to Nollywood"'', ''"La Caminata"'' (a short film), and the feature-length documentary film ''"Informant"''. He teaches documentary film production in the Art Department of Stanford University, as part of the MFA Program in Documentary Film.
== Films == [http://www.trueconvictionfilm.com/ "True Conviction"] (2017), a feature-length documentary, follows a group of exonerated ex-prisoners who start a detective agency, work to rebuild their lives, and struggle to fix the criminal justice system. The film was awarded a Special Jury Mention at the 2017 Tribeca Film Festival.
[https://www.amazon.com/Informant-Brandon-Darby/dp/B00F9WYK7I "Informant" (2012)] a feature-length documentary film that investigates the turbulent journey of Brandon Darby, a radical leftist activist turned FBI informant turned right-wing Tea Party activist. It premiered at the 2012 San Francisco International Film Festival,"With uncommon restraint, Meltzer delivers a fascinating study that transcends political chest beating. Informant raises the possibility of fluid truth in a system addicted to false binaries." The film won the Best Documentary Jury Award at the Austin Film Festival in October 2012.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.indiewire.com/article/sparrows-dance-informant-among-the-austin-film-festivals-jury-winners|title='Sparrows Dance,' 'Informant' Among the Austin Film Festival's Jury Winners|date=22 October 2012}}</ref>
"La Caminata" (2009) is a short film exploring the efforts of a small Mexican town to combat the migration of their community to the U.S. The town, El Alberto, puts on a weekly tourist event called the Caminata, where they simulate a nighttime "crossing" of the border, complete with balaclava-clad coyotes and simulated border patrol in hot pursuit. The film played at film festivals in 2009, including the AFI Silverdocs Festival and the True/False Film Festival.
"Welcome to Nollywood" (2007) is a documentary about the explosive phenomenon of Nigerian movies. It aired on PBS as part of the AfroPop Series in 2008.
"Off the Charts: The Song-Poem Story" (2003), an hour-long documentary, marks his feature film debut. It played at festivals worldwide, and was screened on PBS' Independent Lens series in 2003.
"Pegasus" (1998), a short 16 mm film made while he was a graduate student at San Francisco State University, chronicles the adventures of a gay motorcycle club on a joy ride in Marin County. This film was screened at the 1998 San Francisco International Lesbian & Gay Film Festival as well as other venues.
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==External links== *[http://www.jamiemeltzer.com/ Jamie Meltzer official site] *{{IMDb name|0578436|Jamie Meltzer}} *[https://www.pbs.org/independentlens/documentaries/offthecharts/ Off the Charts website] *[http://welcometonollywood.com Welcome to Nollywood official website] *[http://lacaminata.com La Caminata official website] *[http://www.informantdoc.com/official website for INFORMANT]{{Dead link|date=January 2020 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}
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