Think tanks have an immeasurable effect on public and private policy; they impact our everyday lives by influencing wars, economy, culture, even our faith. Why immeasurable? Because most people don’t know what think tanks are. Or that they even exist.
Tipping point: when a seemingly insignificant shift in one variable causes a structural, irrevocable transformation in the system. Whether it’s the onset of a hurricane, a stock exchange crash, a star implosion, an influenza epidemic, or a nasty temper tantrum, the dynamics of the tipping point remain the same: shit hits the fan before you knew there was...
2013 expedition across the Northwest Passage, THE LAST FIRST, during which a bunch of fearless Irishmen will row 2000 miles through icebergs and polar bears in the most perilous conditions.
Jimmy the Life Coach tells us to define our life goals and break them down to milestones. He tells us to realize our passion with a measuring cup. Visualize it Yoda -style. To jump fearlessly into the void and “be all we can be.” As a result many of us jump into a black pit that...
http://youtu.be/9IQCLwURWQ0 Some ritual deaths are voluntary: Rio Di Angelo tells an insider’s story of the Heaven’s Gate Cult, who committed mass suicide in 1997. Director, Producer, Writer: Jan Wellmann Sudden Death is one episode of HISTORY CHANNEL series STRANGE RITUALS, produced by Fox Television/Incubator TV. Shot around the world, including Russia, Africa, India, China, this series deals...
http://youtu.be/detzySQ7nds Apocalypse deals with mankind's obsession with the apocalypse. It is one episode of HISTORY CHANNEL series STRANGE RITUALS, produced by Fox Television/Incubator TV. Shot around the world, including Russia, Africa, India, China, this series deals with Sex, Magic, Miracles and Murder throughout history to the present. Director, Producer, Writer: Jan Wellmann
http://youtu.be/QuW4-JUcHgM "In Ancient Rome, the Vestal Virgins pledged themselves to a life of chastity. In 1970s China, Anchee Min was forced to live in a Maoist work camp where sexual contact was punishable by death. Director, Producer, Writer: Jan Wellmann Forbidden Sex is one episode of HISTORY CHANNEL series STRANGE RITUALS, produced by Fox Television/Incubator TV. Shot...
One of the first interviews with Julian Assange after Wikileaks erupted unto public consciousness. I made this interview in Oslo, Norway, in 2012, after trying to lock him for an interview over several months of back-and-forth and supposedly security checks. After having a 90-minute sushi lunch with him in Berkeley he finally agreed to an interview… in Oslo. I didn’t mind...
http://youtu.be/sB_78_3z_iw Spec teaser made on commission for History CHannel, about creationism in America. Almost half of Americans believe the world is less than 6,000 years old... one of them even has the scientific proof. Director/Writer/Producer: Jan Wellmann
http://youtu.be/iHELfjF0wVY Pyromania follows those with an unhealthy fascination for fire. From children who play with fire to the story of John Orr, thought to be responsible for setting over 10,000 fires to "Bob", a serial arsonist serving three life sentences in a mental institution, this film journeys into the state of mind when one doesn't set fires...
http://youtu.be/kl4XDPwfzbk Teaser for a documentary on the soft erotic revolution in early 1970s, led by the first mainstream soft-core feature film, EMMANUELLE.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2GLVk861H_o Promising young fighter, Spencer Steele, aims to be champion of the world. Director, Shooter, Editor: Jan Wellmann
http://youtu.be/07jHqPO7dWg Teaser of feature doc RIOT ON! Director: Kim Finn Writers: Kim Finn, Jan Wellmann, John Hakalax Producers: Jan Wellmann, John Hakalax Production Company: Hakalax Productions This feature doc won a host of festival prices and worldwide distribution, and features ourselves as the stars of a mobile entertainment startup that burns through $21m just a tad too...
http://youtu.be/UxcgnjiIKF4 Thirteen year old Audrey Shaw is new to Bellweather, California and certain shell never fit in when she meets Krista Rich, the pretty, popular girl she aspires to be "or be with" shes just not sure. Director: Jan Wellmann Writer: Stephanie K. Smith (screenplay) Stars: Shayla Beesley, Jaime Perkins and Gwen Davis
http://youtu.be/qgTGT9wcIaA Introductory part to the character of Charles Sobhraj
http://youtu.be/o1wkdHLMEFU Documentary on the most prolific serial killer of the 20th century. Exclusive interview with Charles Sobhraj in Nepal jail. Director/Producer/Writer: Jan Wellmann
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