Jim Butterworth
President & Founder at Naked Edge Films
- Role
- President & Founder at Naked Edge Films
- Location
- Boulder, CO, US
- LinkedIn followers
- 500 followers
Experience
President & Founder
Sep 2008 — Present · NYC & Boulder, CO, US
Naked Edge Films (NEF) is all about great stories and characters, and the entrepreneurial filmmakers that bring them to life. NEF films and series are nuanced yet boldly told about complex, globally relevant matters. NEF films include: Night in West Texas — Coming soon! LOUDMOUTH — Emmy nomination 2024; closing film at Tribeca FF 2022 Pray Away — A Netflix Original. Tribeca FF, Telluride FF, HotDocs 2020 Red Heaven — SXSW, HotDocs, Doc NYC 2020 Always in Season — Winner, Special Jury Award – Sundance 2019 The Infiltrators — Winner, Audience Award; Winner, Next Innovator Award – Sundance 2019 United Skates — Winner, Audience Award, Tribeca FF 2018, HBO The Feeling of Being Watched — Tribeca FF 2018 Call Her Ganda — Tribeca FF 2018 Southwest of Salem — Peabody Award winner 2017, Critic\'s Choice Award 2016; Emmy nomination 2017; Tribeca FF 2016; Discovery ID The Mind of Mark DeFriest — Watch on Showtime and Amazon Prime Silenced — Watch on Netflix, Amazon Prime and Vudu! Emmy nomination; broadcast on DirecTV, ARTE (Germany/France) and CBC (Canada) In Country — Watch on Vudu and Amazon Prime! The Revisionaries — Watch on Amazon Prime! Broadcast on PBS; winner, 2014 duPont Silver Baton; Special Jury Prize at Tribeca FF 2012 Code of the West — Winner, 2014 CINE Golden Eagle Award Donor Unknown — Watch on Amazon Prime! Broadcast on PBS and worldwide; winner, Best Online Feature Film, Tribeca FF 2011; winner, Audience Award, Best Film, SILVERDOCS GONE — Broadcast on Discovery ID; Tribeca FF 2011 War Don Don — Watch on Netflix! Two Emmy nominations; broadcast on HBO Saving Face — Watch on HBO On Demand! Oscar for Best Documentary Short The Disappearance of McKinley Nolan — Watch on Amazon Prime! Seoul Train — Watch at Vimeo! Broadcast worldwide. Winner of duPont Silver Baton, Peabody, Nat\'l Journalism Award runner-up, and more than a dozen film festivals
Education
International University of Japan
MBA
Georgia Institute of Technology
BIE, Industrial & Systems Engineering
1981 — 1984
The Tuck School of Business at Dartmouth
Master of Business Administration (MBA)
Skills
- Software Development
- Short Films
- Post Production
- Patent Portfolio Analysis
- Film
- Video Production
- Independent Film
- Start-Ups
- Creative Direction
- Patents
- Video
- Documentaries
- Multimedia
- Music
- Feature Films
- Technology
- Broadcast
- Intellectual Property
- Strategy
- Intellectual Property Issues
- New Business Development
- Digital Media
- International Intellectual Property
- Intellectual Property Valuation
- New Media
- Patent Applications
- Disruptive Technologies
- Entrepreneurship
- Television
- Patent Litigation
- Producing
- Storytelling
- Creative Arts
- Intellectual Property Infringement
- Entertainment
- Content Strategy
- Corporate Finance
- Film Production
- Journalism
- Angel Investing
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