
Producer, Director
Award-winning filmmaker James Jones has produced and directed documentaries all over the world, covering the fight against ISIS, the cult of Vladimir Putin, the war in Ukraine, the Israel-Palestine conflict, the trafficking of women from Africa to Europe, suicides in the military, executions in China, and life inside repressive regimes like North Korea.
Jones has produced four films for FRONTLINE. Secret State of North Korea, which broadcast in January 2014, got unprecedented access inside the world’s most secretive and repressive state. It revealed the cracks in the country’s information barrier and small signs of dissent against the country’s rulers.
In December 2014, Syria’s Second...
Location:
London, United Kingdom
Areas of Expertise:
Social Issues; Justice; Conflict; Politics
Languages:
English, Russian, Italian
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