Jim Cissell

Jim's voiced, written, and produced over 10,000 commercials, TV shows, films, and videos. He's voiced hundreds of national commercials--Dairy Queen, California Avocados, Alaska USA, Johnny Carson, Scotts Lawn, PETsMART, Time Warner and more. He's narrated films, videos, and websites for nearly HALF of the Fortune 500. His work has won all the major awards - CLIO's, Addy's, Telly's, EFFY's, Golden CINE's, Peabody's, even the Cannes Film Festival-and has been featured on "Oprah," "The World's Funniest," "Now A Word from Our Sponsor," and in the White House-nearly 90% recorded at his own studio. On-camera, Jim was national spokesperson for National Money Service and Clorox's "most successful new product intro ever" and hosts the TV series "America at Work" and "The Xplorers." And, he's narrated over 100 national documentaries and MOW's (movies of the week) for Discovery, PBS, and Nat Geo-including: the prime-time Discovery series "Critical Rescues" 13 episodes, the Travel Channels series "Wild National Parks" 3 eps 2006-7, "Great Lodges of the National Parks" 2 2007, and "Over New England," "Over Arizona," "Over California," and "Over Washington DC "for PBS. Other series include: Cosmetic Surgery 4 eps 2001, Kill or Cure 6 2001, Animal Inventors 4 2001, Below the Volcano 2 2001, Secrets of New Zealand 2 2002, Jack Hanna's Top 10 Animal Experiences 3 2002, Brainchild 2002, South Pacific 2 2003, Interpol 2 2003, and Guy Harvey 4 2003. Other docs include: Aurora 8/94, Ghana 6/95, Helicopter Tech 4/97, Flight of the Albatross 7/95, The Year in Sports 12/95, Elite Helicopter Units" 3/98, Matter of the Heart 5/98, Phobias 6/98, The Art of Nature-Art Wolfe 8/98, Shark Island 10/98, Life with Big Cats" 10/98, Spills and Thrills 11/98, Around Alone 1/99, Stealth: Flying Invisible 3/99, Firefight 5/99, Land of the Giant Bats 6/99, Almost Elvis 6/99, Dinosaur Attack 9/99, Y2K: Ready or Not 9/99, 747: Jumbo Jet 10/99, A Day in the Life of the Mohawk 12/99, Dogfight 4/00, Millennium Wheel 4/00, The Last Rhino 9/00, Caught On Camera 9/00, Cry of the Orca 10/00, The Space Game 12/00, Why We Lie 12/00, Body Show #1 1/01, It's a Mall World 3/01, Cull of the Wild 3/01, Elevision 4/01, Seals-Invaders of the Sea 5/01, Obesity 6/01, Body Dysmorphic 6/01, Man Over Mountain 6/01, Yellowstone Park 6/01, Hiding Places 7/01, FBI Files 7/01, Extreme Conditions: OCD 8/01, My Favorite Monkey 8/01, South Africa Unprotected 9/01, The Ant that Ate America 9/01, Sex Reassignment 4/02, Humpback Whale 4/02, U.S. Customs Special Agents 8/02, Sea of Change 9/02, Hudson River Steamboats 11/02, Almighty Amphibians 2/03, Magic in the Air 5/03, History of Broadcasting 7/03, Clipperton Island 7/03, Hunt for the Lost Serpent 6/03, Pueblo Chieftain 11/03, Bob Bartlett: Alaska Constitution 9/04, Underground Rome 3/07, Ringling Brothers 6/07, The Uninsured 4/08, and Pilgrims Progress 10/11. Regional docs (most for Oregon Public Broadcasting) include: Oregon at War 7/07, Beach Bill 10/07, CES Wood 11/07, the CCC 7/08, Opal Whitely 12/09, Streetcar City 12/10, Modoc War 10/11, Oregon Frontier-Voorhies 3/13, Luther Cressman 3/14, Murder on the South Pacific 3/15, and Vietnam War 8/17.