BLUE OCEAN PRODUCTIONS is a production company based in Ventura, California specializing in film and video production.  Owner and creative director Jim Knowlton combines years of experience working on Shark Week documentaries for the Discovery Channel and on the series Jean-Michel Cousteau Ocean Adventures for PBS, in addition to freelance work on many other productions. Blue Ocean Productions also draws on the talents of additional artists on a per-project basis.

BROADCAST CREDITS:
Ocean Adventures - Sea Ghosts: Editor and Associate Producer.  PBS, 2008
Superfish: Technical Advisor.  PBS, 2008.
Healthy Oceans PSA: Director and Editor.  City of Santa Barbara, 2007.
Storm Drain vs Sewer PSA: Director and Editor: City of Santa Barbara, 2007.
Ocean Adventures - Return to the Amazon: Post Production Supervisor.  PBS, 2007
Ocean Adventures - America’s Underwater Treasures:  Co-Editor, Assoc. Producer.  PBS, 2006.
Ocean Adventures - Gray Whale Obstacle Course:  Assoc. Producer, Post-Production Supervisor.  PBS, 2005 
Ocean Adventures - Sharks at Risk: Associate Producer, Post-Production Supervisor.  PBS, 2005
Ocean Adventures - Voyage to Kure: Post-Production Supervisor.  PBS, 2004. 
The Gate to Freedom.  Assistant Editor.  French TV, 2001
Beyond Bizarre: The Mystery of Rock Lake. UW cameraman.  Discovery Channel, 2000.
Spanish Dance.  UW music video.  Editor.  Classics Arts Channel, 2000.
Animal Rescue Kids: “Shark”.  UW camera.  Discovery Channel, 1999.
Sharks in a Desert Sea. UW camera and production manager.  Discovery Channel, 1999.
Sharks of the Deep Blue.  UW camera, editor, prod manager.  Discovery Channel, 1999.
Sharks of the Atlantic. UW camera, online editor, prod manager. Discovery CH, 1998.
Great White: In Search of the Giants. Online editor, prod mngr. Discovery CH, 1998. 
Shark Attack Files II.  Sound effects editor.  Discovery Channel, 1997.

NON-BROADCAST CREDITS
Grassroots for the Ocean.  Writer and Editor.  Heal the Ocean, 2006.
Humpback Ballet.  Co-Editor.  Ocean Futures, 2006.
Another Day at the Beach?  Writer and Editor.  Heal the Ocean, 2005.  
Sustainable Reef: A Gift to the Future.  Editor and co-writer.  Ocean Futures, 2003.
Goleta Outfall Video.  Writer, Editor and UW camera.  Heal the Ocean, 2002