Jay Spain
Filmmaker, Producer, Director, DP
- Role
- Member Board of Directors at Dix Park Conservancy
- Location
- Raleigh, NC, US
- LinkedIn followers
- 500 followers
About Jay Spain
Filmmaker, industry guide, community activist, and production business owner. Artistic projects connect the stories of everyday people, stirring our deepest humanity, illuminating everyday efforts as inspiring, and renewing our intention to find a way forward, with compassion. Field Producer for location shoots through ON LOCATION NC Film & Video providing production support services, including arranging local crews and equipment rentals, for corporate presentations, television productions, and independent features. Interested in collaborations with like-minded film industry professionals.As a 4-time alum of the Woods Hole Film Festival on Cape Cod, MA with entries in Fiction & Non-fiction, I serve on the advisory committee for the annual festival. I have served as a co-juror for the Feature Documentary since 2020. I was co-juror for Short Documentary from 20••••19. https://woodsholefilmfestival.org/In 2008, First Run Films premiered \"Moving Midway\" at the IFC Center Theatre in NYC, which I co-produced with Godfrey Cheshire and Vin Farrell.\"Moving Midway\" qualified for the Academy Awards and was picked as one of the best documentaries of the year by NY Magazine. original content, titled,\"On Dix Hill\" will explore the conscious conversion of a historic mental health hospital campus into an international destination park in a modern city.
Experience
Member Board of Directors
Jun 2016 — Present · Raleigh, NC, US
Board of Directors member in the creation of a world-class 308 acre destination park. Member of the sub-committees: Legacy Committee and Arts Task Force Committee. Dix Park Conservancy is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit that exists to support the City in its efforts, serve as its philanthropic and community engagement partner, and ensure the creation and long-term success of Dorothea Dix Park as a place for everyone – a transformative public space for community, health, and celebration that will enrich our quality of life in North Carolina.
Education
NC State University College of Humanities and Social Sciences
Bachelor's degree
NC State Poole College of Management
Bachelor of Arts - BA
1975 — 1980
Skills
- Documentaries
- Commercials
- Feature Films
- Corporate Communications
- Broadcast
- Television
- Producing
- Post Production
- Cinematography
- Photography
- Camera
- Filmmaker
- Video Editing
- Film
- Video Production
- Editing
- Entertainment
- Media Production
- Film Production
- Theatre
- Production
- Creative Direction
- Documentary
- Video
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