Jim Cissell

History

Jim Cissell is a world class voice talent who has performed in over 100 national documentaries and TV shows, national commercials for Dairy Queen and Johnny Carson, movie trailers for Disney--promos for Time-Warner, thousands of video’s, CD’s, DVD’s, and web pages, hundreds of national award-winners -- CLIO’s, Tellies, Peabody’s, and the Cannes Film Festival. Jim Cissell is the narrator in the movie War of the Worlds The True Story. The movie received a positive review in The Los Angeles Times and qualified for the 85th Academy Awards.

Movies

Scenic National Parks: Mt. Rushmore & The Black Hills

Narrator (voice)

Mount Rushmore stands unrivaled in the world, a sky-high tribute to the heroes and ideals that shaped America. This stirring program features rare footage that chronicles its monumental construction. This iconic treasure is just one of the wonders to be found in the Black Hills, a region rich in history and majesty.

War of the Worlds the True Story

Narrator

What if the Earth/Mars battle from H.G. Wells' classic novel The War of the Worlds wasn't fiction but actually fact? Like the famous 1938 Orson Welles radio broadcast that caused Americans to believe an actual invasion was in progress, the movie assumes an Earth/Mars War in 1900 actually occurred and is presented as the first hand memoir of journalist Bertie Wells, the last living survivor as he struggles to find his wife amidst the destruction of humankind at the hands of terrifying alien invaders.

Aurora - Rivers of Light in the Sky

Narrator

Aurora, Rivers of Light in the Sky, explodes on the screen, with extraordinary footage of Alaska's Northern Lights. It shares the myths, legends, and science behind one of nature's most beautiful night-bound mysteries.