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Brian Oakes(II)

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Brian Oakes
Run D.M.C legend Jam Master Jay made a huge impact on music and the hip-hop community. Over a decade after his unsolved murder, family and friends investigate to seek out the truth. Who Killed Jam Master Jay?
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Brian Oakes is known for Jim: The James Foley Story (2016), Abstract: The Art of Design (2017) and Inequality for All (2013).
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    • Nominated for 1 Primetime Emmy
      • 4 wins & 8 nominations total

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    Known for

    Jim: The James Foley Story (2016)
    Jim: The James Foley Story
    7.6
    • Director
    • 2016
    Abstract: The Art of Design (2017)
    Abstract: The Art of Design
    8.3
    TV Series
    • Director
    Inequality for All (2013)
    Inequality for All
    8.0
    • Visual Effects
    • 2013
    Living with Lincoln (2015)
    Living with Lincoln
    7.5
    TV Movie
    • Director
    • 2015

    Credits

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    Visual Effects

    • Henry Louis Gates Jr. in Finding Your Roots (2012)
      Finding Your Roots
      8.7
      TV Series
      • graphic design
      • visual effects
      • 2012–2022
    • The Perfect Weapon (2020)
      The Perfect Weapon
      7.2
      • creative director
      • 2020
    • True Justice: Bryan Stevenson's Fight for Equality (2019)
      True Justice: Bryan Stevenson's Fight for Equality
      8.3
      • graphic design
      • 2019
    • Warren Miller in Ski Bum: The Warren Miller Story (2019)
      Ski Bum: The Warren Miller Story
      8.1
      • motion graphics
      • 2019
    • Hesburgh (2018)
      Hesburgh
      7.9
      • motion graphics
      • 2018
    • The Vietnam War (2017)
      The Vietnam War
      9.1
      TV Mini Series
      • director of motion graphics
      • 2017
    • Becoming Warren Buffett (2017)
      Becoming Warren Buffett
      7.4
      • director of cinematics
      • 2017
    • Be Water (2020)
      30 for 30
      8.8
      TV Series
      • visual effects producer
      • 2016
    • Being George Clooney (2016)
      Being George Clooney
      6.6
      • title designer
      • 2016
    • Cancer: The Emperor of All Maladies (2015)
      Cancer: The Emperor of All Maladies
      8.4
      TV Mini Series
      • motion graphics
      • 2015
    • American Experience (1988)
      American Experience
      8.6
      TV Series
      • motion graphics
      • 2015
    • My Italian Secret: The Forgotten Heroes (2014)
      My Italian Secret: The Forgotten Heroes
      7.4
      • supervisor of motion graphics
      • 2014
    • Nixon by Nixon: In His Own Words (2014)
      Nixon by Nixon: In His Own Words
      7.4
      • graphic design
      • 2014
    • The 50 Year Argument (2014)
      The 50 Year Argument
      6.6
      • director of motion graphics
      • 2014
    • Marvin Hamlisch: What He Did for Love (2013)
      Marvin Hamlisch: What He Did for Love
      7.4
      • digital effects
      • 2013

    Art Department

    • Henry Louis Gates Jr. in Finding Your Roots (2012)
      Finding Your Roots
      8.7
      TV Series
      • graphic designer
      • 2014–2023
    • The Italian Americans (2014)
      The Italian Americans
      8.1
      TV Mini Series
      • graphic designer
      • 2015
    • The African Americans: Many Rivers to Cross with Henry Louis Gates, Jr. (2013)
      The African Americans: Many Rivers to Cross with Henry Louis Gates, Jr.
      8.6
      TV Mini Series
      • graphics
      • director of motion graphics
      • 2013
    • Finding Vivian Maier (2013)
      Finding Vivian Maier
      7.7
      • graphics
      • 2013
    • ESPN Films (2011)
      ESPN Films
      7.5
      TV Series
      • graphics
      • 2012
    • Bobby Fischer in Bobby Fischer Against the World (2011)
      Bobby Fischer Against the World
      7.4
      • director of graphics
      • 2011
    • These Amazing Shadows (2011)
      These Amazing Shadows
      7.6
      • director of motion graphics
      • 2011
    • Faces of America with Henry Louis Gates Jr. (2010)
      Faces of America with Henry Louis Gates Jr.
      7.7
      TV Series
      • graphic designer
      • 2010
    • This Emotional Life (2010)
      This Emotional Life
      8.1
      TV Series
      • motion graphics and design
      • 2010
    • Square Roots: The Story of SpongeBob SquarePants (2009)
      Square Roots: The Story of SpongeBob SquarePants
      7.4
      TV Movie
      • graphic designer
      • 2009
    • Deann Borshay, Angela Davis, Peter Dinklage, Dr. Riyadh, Bonita Dearmond, and Mohamed Bangura in P.O.V. (1988)
      P.O.V.
      8.1
      TV Series
      • graphic designer
      • 2008
    • African American Lives 2
      1.8
      TV Series
      • graphic designer
      • motion graphics and design
      • 2008
    • Independent Lens (1999)
      Independent Lens
      8.1
      TV Series
      • graphic designer
      • 2007

    Animation Department

    • Language Matters with Bob Holman
      8.2
      • animator
      • 2015
    • Cancer: The Emperor of All Maladies (2015)
      Cancer: The Emperor of All Maladies
      8.4
      TV Mini Series
      • motion graphics
      • 2015
    • The Italian Americans (2014)
      The Italian Americans
      8.1
      TV Mini Series
      • animator
      • 2015
    • American Experience (1988)
      American Experience
      8.6
      TV Series
      • animator
      • 2015
    • The African Americans: Many Rivers to Cross with Henry Louis Gates, Jr. (2013)
      The African Americans: Many Rivers to Cross with Henry Louis Gates, Jr.
      8.6
      TV Mini Series
      • animator
      • 2013
    • Finding Vivian Maier (2013)
      Finding Vivian Maier
      7.7
      • animator
      • 2013
    • If You Build It (2013)
      If You Build It
      7.2
      • design & animation
      • 2013
    • American Masters (1985)
      American Masters
      8.2
      TV Series
      • motion graphics
      • 2012
    • Charles Eames and Ray Eames in Eames: The Architect & The Painter (2011)
      Eames: The Architect & The Painter
      7.1
      • animator
      • 2011
    • Faces of America with Henry Louis Gates Jr. (2010)
      Faces of America with Henry Louis Gates Jr.
      7.7
      TV Series
      • animator
      • 2010
    • Sirens (2009)
      Sirens
      Short
      • animator
      • 2009
    • African American Lives 2
      1.8
      TV Series
      • animator
      • 2008

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