Welcome
My name is Jaime Jacobsen, and I am an independent producer/director based in Bozeman, Montana. I specialize in telling captivating stories through documentary film that promote grassroots change. When I’m not out roaming the west, I spend much of my time abroad feeding my curiosity for languages, culture and wild places… searching for compelling stories… and diving head first into new documentary projects that might just change the way we look at the world and our place in it.
Upcoming Projects
I have some new and exciting projects in the mix! I am producing a documentary about ultra running and the endurance of the human body and spirit called “The Long Trail,” which stars North Face sponsored endurance athlete Nikki Kimball. This film is a co-production with Fours Five Productions and MontanaPBS and will air in 2013. I’m also spearheading production coordination work for Dye Film Works for the upcoming documentary “Indian Relay,” which is set to air nationally on PBS in summer 2012. Read more about the films and watch their trailers below.
The Long Trail
“The Long Trail” is a new documentary film starring Nikki Kimball, a world-renowned ultra runner, and her attempt to break a speed record on Long Trail, running 273 miles faster than any man or woman has ever done. Nikki Kimball’s story is an inspiring one that will touch upon many subjects from the role of women and girls in professional sports to the science behind the human body’s ability to run great distances. In addition to providing an inside look into contemporary running culture, this film will give viewers a perspective on human—and specifically female endurance—not seen before on public television, informing us all, regardless of our sex, of our true potential and inspiring us to reach it. Check out the film’s trailer here. Coming to public television audiences in 2013. © 2011 Fours Five Productions and MontanaPBS.
Indian Relay
The hope and determination of modern-day American Indian life is revealed in this one-hour film for public television about the commitment, skill, and family support any Indian Relay team needs to win one of the most exciting and dangerous forms of horse racing practiced anywhere in the world today. From the bitter cold of winter on the Rocky Mountain front to the heat and mayhem of the summer’s championship races in Wyoming, Montana, Idaho and Oregon, “Indian Relay” follows several teams from three different American Indian communities as they prepare for and compete across a grueling Indian Relay season—all hearts set on the glory and honor of winning this year’s National Championships. Check out the film’s trailer here. Coming to public television audiences in summer 2012. © 2011 Dye Film Works and MontanaPBS.
About Jaime Jacobsen Media
Back in 2006, I founded Partnership Productions LLC, currently known as Jaime Jacobsen Media, a multimedia production company whose mission is to create media that raises awareness on contemporary social, environmental and humanitarian issues. My documentary work has taken me to remote areas of Latin America and Sub-Saharan Africa, where I have produced media for NGOs such as Engineers Without Borders (EWB). My films have been an integral part of EWB’s human rights campaigns for clean water, gender equity and girls’ education in Kenya, and I’ve fought for social justice in our food system here in the US. I’ve worked extensively with tribal elders and youth on Montana’s Native American Indian Reservations, and produced documentary programs for air on MontanaPBS. I’ve also worked as a Producer for Untamed Science, co-producing over 175 adventure science videos for K-12 classrooms in conjunction with Pearson Education. These videos will be seen by over 50% of students across the U.S. in the next seven to ten years.
In addition to producing films and other media, I teach writing and communication courses in the University Honors College at Montana State University, where I work as an Adjunct Professor. This fall I’m teaching a new course I developed and designed called “Food Politics and Culture in the Media.” I also teach internationally! This past summer, I led a Documentary Filmmaking On-Assignment Team to Australia for National Geographic Student Expeditions. In past years I taught media and filmmaking courses in the College of Arts & Architecture at Montana State and as part of the Montana Apprenticeship Program.
I speak Spanish fluently and spent a year abroad as part of my undergraduate studies in Quito, Ecuador and Santiago, Chile. In 2010 I completed the Rotary International Foundation’s Professional Group Study Exchange Program in Sao Paulo, Brazil. I have Bachelors degrees in Art and Environmental Studies from the University of Wisconsin-Madison and a Masters of Fine Arts in Science & Natural History Filmmaking from Montana State University.
