Team

Jason Williams

Jason Williams is the President and co-founder of JWM Productions, LLC. His multiple Emmy Award-winning work has been seen on numerous broadcast, cable and satellite outlets around the world, including the History Channel, Discovery Channel, National Geographic, TLC, BBC, CBS, UK Channel 4, CNN, NBC, PBS, and TBS to name a few. Working on such diverse subjects as natural history, anthropology, current affairs, ancient history and marine technology, Jason's productions have taken him to thirty different countries spanning six continents.

Before founding JWM Productions with Bill Morgan in 1996, Jason was Vice-President of Development & Production for Time-Life Video & Television and Executive Producer of the Emmy Award-winning series Submarines: Sharks of Steel. He was also the Executive in Charge of Production of the CBS reality-based entertainment series, Fantastic Facts, and a live-action children's natural history series, co-produced with the BBC, Growing Up Wild. Before joining Time-Life, Jason was the Senior Producer for TBS Productions. In this role he oversaw the production of such award-winning series as The Trials of Life and National Geographic Explorer.

Jason is a British citizen who resides permanently in the United States, having graduated from Sussex University and NYU.

Bill Morgan

Bill Morgan is the Managing Director and co-founder of JWM Productions, a multiple-Emmy-award winning television production and communications company based in Takoma Park, MD. Since its inception in 1996, JWM has produced over 120 hours of programming for a variety of clients, including The Discovery Channel, The Learning Channel, Time-Life, National Geographic, The Readers Digest, CNN, and NBC.

Bill Morgan's prior work experience was gained in The National Geographic Society's television division, first as a business affairs coordinator and then as a production manager. While at National Geographic, he worked on over 100 segments for National Geographic Explorer for TBS and on National Geographic Specials for PBS and NBC.

Bill graduated in 1986 from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill with a BA in English and Radio/Television/Motion Picture studies.

Lori Gibson

Lori Gibson joined JWM Productions in March 1999 and serves as the company’s Vice President of Production. Lori began her work in television at Time-Life Video and Television, where she was the Production Manager on Time-Life’s Lost Civilizations. She then worked as a production manager at National Geographic Television for four years on the EXPLORER and Specials television programs before moving on to join JWM.

Aziz Isham

Aziz Isham is Vice President, Development for JWM Productions. Aziz joined JWM in 2005; before that he worked at 60 Minutes II, was a teacher in Tangier, a cook in Argentina, a sailor in Bora Bora, a chess coach in New York, and a counselor for children with special needs. Aziz grew up in New York City and went to school at Hunter College High School and Yale University.

Heather Forbes Tinker

Coordinating Producer

Patrick White

Patrick White is the Director of Development for JWM. Some of his proudest achievements include: surviving a direct fecal hit from a Marabou stork (the largest scavenging bird in Africa), landing a 150 pound tarpon on a fly rod, avoiding maturity for 29 years, and creating Fatback - the best soul and funk dance party ever to rock our nation’s capitol.

Neil Gelinas

Neil joined JWM in 2005, and is the Post Production Supervisor, as well as a cameraman and editor for various JWM projects. He graduated with a degree in Cinema from Denison University in 2001. Neil also has an exceptional appetite for beer, wine and beef.

Brian Newell

Brian Newell is an Assistant Editor at JWM Productions. After graduating with a B.A. in Film from Connecticut College, Brian Newell joined JWM Productions in 2005. He works as as a part of the 3 man Post Production team, providing editorial assistance, technical support, and as an editor for demo reels and behind the scenes content. He is also a renowned Encoding Technician.

Jess Robinson

Jess Robinson can solve simple geometric problems. He has learned a form of sign language that can communicate over 500 words and phrases. A majority of his social interactions with the rest of his pack end with little or no bloodshed.