JEFF OPPENHEIM | Global Communications & Digital Strategies
Is a vetted producer, director, and digital content strategist with a combined background in journalism, public relations and marketing. He has helped a variety of brands bring their story to market by creating extensive short-form content for both the for-profit commercial sector and for non-profit and cultural clients.
He has produced week-long festivals, concerts, and international tours to include an arts festival for the grand reopening of The Queens Museum of Art, the “Os Kuduristas” campaign, for Angola, Africa, and “STAT! for NYC Public Hospitals” under Mayor Michael Bloomberg. Among the many live gala events he has produced, is the 2009 Inaugural Party of President Barack Obama in Washington, D.C. at the Newseum (the museum of journalism).
As an award-winning filmmaker, Jeff’s most notable productions include: “Real Fake: The Art, Life and Crimes of Elmyr de Hory” (Producer/Director), released internationally by Gravitas Ventures (2018); “Kuduro NYC” (Executive Producer), screened at The TriBeCa Film Festival (2013) and winner of both Dance on Film East and West; “Absolute Funk”,(Produced with Reginald Hudlin), screened at the Apollo Theater, NYC for the Parliamentary Funk concert in celebration of George Clinton's 70th Birthday (2011); “A Passion for Giving” (Co- Producer/Editor), aired nationally on PBS (2009); and a feature film “Funny Valentine” (Writer/Director/Co-Producer), a romantic comedy starring Anthony Michael Hall and distributed by Universal Pictures (2005).
An articulate and grounded communicator, he is as at ease presenting to a board, pitching the client, or engaging the media. He has served as a guest moderator at numerous functions and across a broad range of topics. He has also served as on-camera interviewer and panel moderator for the Foreign Press Association, the Concordia Summit and for his documentaries. His project management skills and cultural diplomacy have enabled him to work within both the public and private sectors across four continents and multiple languages. Subsequently, he has created his unique brand of public speaking and media training and continues to successfully present this program to Fortune 500 companies and major law firms nationwide.