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A filmmaker by education and operative by vocation, Jeremy D. Thompson (Principal) is a fifteen year political veteran, having volunteered for and staffed Democratic and progressive campaigns since well before he could vote.Jeremy joins SK|Impact from Reelpolitik Campaign Media, which he founded in 2006 and through which he served as a Senior Advisor to Obama for America’s groundbreaking New Media team.With the explosion of social video websites onto the political scene, Reelpolitik was born to bring fast, fresh, energetic productions to candidate and issue campaigns; working quickly and light, shooting and editing on the move, and maintaining a release schedule that drives - rather than survives - perpetually moving news cycles and the Netroots.In Reelpolitik’s first two election cycles, Jeremy created online, television and installation content for campaigns up and down the ballot; including the 2006 California gubernatorial contest, congressional fights in a half-dozen states, legislative and local races, the California Democratic Party, two national 527 PACs, MoveOn.org, Antonio Villaraigosa’s Partnership for Better Schools, and the Yes on Proposition 87 campaign.Reelpolitik’s body of work features many of the leading forces in Democratic politics and celebrity advocacy; including Barack Obama, Bill Clinton, Al Gore, Hillary Clinton, Nancy Pelosi, John Kerry, John Edwards, Barbara Boxer, Mark Warner, Maria Shriver, Oprah Winfrey, Brad Pitt, Julia Roberts, and Leonardo DiCaprio.Before his transition into New Media, Jeremy served as a staffer and consultant across campaign disciplines; working in Field, Operations, Compliance and Communications. Beginning at age 14 in Colorado, Jeremy volunteered on Senator Bob Kerrey’s 1992 Presidential campaign. He went on to the Field staff of Gene Nicholl for U.S. Senate, and later the Compliance Department of the Democratic National Committee.Jeremy served as Director of Operations and Compliance with the Governor Gray Davis Committee and Californians AGAINST the Costly Recall of the Governor. Others who have tapped his skills include Grassroots Democrats, John Chiang for Controller, Rocky Delgadillo for Attorney General, the Los Angeles County Democratic Party, the Alliance for a Better California, Van Tamom for Assembly, and Tim Kaine for Governor.Beyond campaigns, Jeremy worked at two leading firms specializing in election law and campaign finance reporting & compliance; Smith Kaufman LLP and Political C.F.O.s. In 2005, he served as Executive Director of Stop Offshore Oil Drilling, a successful environmental campaign to prevent the resumption of drilling from Venoco’s Platform Grace off the coast of Oxnard, California.Studies brought Jeremy from the suburbs of Denver to California, where he attended the prestigious Art Center College of Design in Pasadena, majoring in film. Jeremy remains in Southern California, with his wife and their three children. His non-political interests include a lifelong love of music (a multi-instrumentalist) and the more recent indulgence of playing ice hockey.