Bill Bartholomew welcomes John Campopiano and Jim Beller to discuss the forthcoming Jaws documentary "The Farmer and The Shark"
John Campopiano is an award winning New England documentary filmmaker, archivist, writer, and producer. For the last decade he has worked as the Archives & Rights Manager for the Emmy & Academy Award- winning PBS documentary film series FRONTLINE and has written and produced independent documentaries including Unearthed & Untold: The Path to Pet Sematary (2017); Snapper: The Man-Eating Turtle Movie That Never Got Made (2021); Pennywise: The Story of IT (2022) which premiered at the Sitges Film Festival in Spain and won FANGORIA’s Chainsaw Award for Best Documentary in 2023; Hollywood Dreams & Nightmares: The Robert Englund Story (2023); and the upcoming Sasqua: The Lost Bigfoot Film of Massachusetts.
Jim Beller is a leading authority on the history of the blockbuster film Jaws. He owns the largest memorabilia collection of the film’s merchandise in the US which was featured at the Sitges Film Festival in Spain in 2005. Jim has consulted for many films and television productions including The Shark is Still Working (Independent), Animal Icons (Animal Planet), JAWS: The Inside Story (Bravo), Shark Week (Discovery Channel), Fanatics: JAWS World’s Largest Memorabilia Collection (Reelz Channel), and JAWS @ 50: The Definitive Inside Story (Amblin Entertainment). He is also the co-creator of the book, JAWS: Memories from Martha’s Vineyard with author Matt Taylor.
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