Jamie Meltzer
Jamie Meltzer is an American movie and documentary film director with four movies thus far, "Pegasus" (a student film), "Off the Charts: The Song-Poem Story", "Welcome to Nollywood", and the short film "La Caminata". He teaches documentary film and video production in the Art Department of Stanford University, as part of the prestigious MFA Program in Documentary Film and Video.
"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.
"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. It is released on DVD through Shout Factory!:
"Welcome to Nollywood" (2007) is a documentary about the explosive phenomenon of Nigerian movies. It aired on as part of the PBS AfroPop Series in 2008:
"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.
