Jamie King (producer)
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Jamie King | |
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| Occupation(s) | Film director, producer, and writer |
| Notable work | Steal This Film, VODO |
Jamie King is a British filmmaker, writer, and activist, best known for directing Steal This Film,[1] a documentary that observes intellectual property in favour of P2P filesharing.[2][3][4] He is also the founder of VODO, an online crossmedia distribution project for film, games, books, and music.[5][6][7] Ted Hope described King as one of the "great free thinkers of Indie film."[8][9][10] He is currently host of the podcast STEAL THIS SHOW, produced in conjunction with TorrentFreak.[11]
Jamie King studied Philosophy at the University of Southampton, where he received a PhD for his thesis, "
Jamie King was an original member of the Mute editorial team and served as the Information politics editor and deputy editor.[12][13][14] During this time, he also published columns on the development of online culture for ITN and Channel 4 News.[15]
In 2006 he produced Steal This Film, one of the most downloaded film documentaries to date.[16][17][18] In the following year, he produced and directed Steal This Film 2 and Steal This Film “Spectrial Edition” (also called Steal This Film 2.5).[19][20]
In 2009 he founded VODO, a media distribution, crowdfunding and attention-sourcing network for independent artists.[21] VODO has distributed prominent projects including The Yes Men Fix The World, Pioneer One, and Zeitgeist. VODO has also generated millions of dollars in revenue using free-sharing distribution and voluntary payment models.[22]
King has also delivered lectures and keynotes at various events and top-tier universities worldwide.[23][24] He has published fiction,[25] academic articles,[26][27] as well as numerous articles in international media including The Times, The Guardian, the Telegraph, and others.[28][29]
He served as executive producer of the BitTorrent-only TV show titled Pioneer One.[30] Part of his film work has been featured in the Oscar-nominated film The Internet's Own Boy.[31] King currently hosts a podcast produced in conjunction with TorrentFreak titled Steal This Show. He also continues to work in other peer-to-peer distribution-related projects.[32][33][34]