Jim Laurie
- Writer
- Producer
- Director
Laurie has been a broadcast journalist, writer, producer and consultant since 1972. He served as an international correspondent for NBC News (1972-1978) and for ABC News (1978-2000).
Attached to the ABC Television 'Close-up' unit in the 1980's, he co-wrote and was presenter of three documentaries: Cambodia: This Shattered Land, Japan: Myths Behind the Miracle, and Unruly Dragon: China's Yellow River.
He has taught television journalism and documentary film history at the University of Hong Kong (2005-2011) From 2000-2005, he headed news program development at STAR TV Asia, a subsidiary of News Corporation working in Hong Kong and India.
His Hong Kong based production and consulting company Focus Asia was founded in 2005.
Laurie has produced, co-written, and advised on numerous television documentaries and long form programs since 2000 including:
Vietnam 25 years later (STAR TV 2000)
Focus Asia Magazine (STAR TV/American Public Television 2000-2005)
Earth Factor Asia (Series 2007-8)
Focus Asia Business Leaders (Series BBC World 2008)
Making a Difference (KQED digital 2009)
Cambodia Surgical Ward (BBC World News 2010)
Full Frame (CCTV America series 2013-2015)
Reinventing Cuba (CCTV America documentary 2015)
