Farewell Ferris Wheel

Jamie Sisley’s short film Stay Awake premiered at the 2015 Berlin Film Festival, and won the Jury Prize at the 2015 Slamdance Film Festival, as well as the National Board of Review Student Film Prize. His first feature documentary Farewell Ferris Wheel won the TAA Creative Promise Award from the Tribeca Film Institute. Prior to filmmaking, Jamie worked with artists such as the Dave Matthews Band and Tim McGraw as a manager in the music industry. He earned a B.S. in Business from the University of Virginia, and an M.F.A. in Film from Columbia University.

Miguel M.i.G. Martinez moved to the U.S. from San Miguel de Allende, Guanajuato, Mexico at the age of ten. After graduating from high school in Virginia, he began his career by hosting and producing the first Spanish/English bilingual radio show in the region. In 2008, Miguel began production on his first feature film, Farewell Ferris Wheel with fellow Virginian, Jamie Sisley. Two years later, the film won the TAA Creative Promise Award from the Tribeca Film Institute, and was selected for Film Independent's Documentary Lab and the Firelight Media Producers’ Lab. Miguel is currently collaborating with the Grammy Award-winning group Ozomatli on a series of music videos, as well as continuing to pursue his passion for photography with clients such as Carlos Santana and Barco's Nightingales Foundation.