
Jay Weidner
Biography
Writer/Director The Last Avatar
Former Director of Content gaia.com
Called by Wired Magazine an “authority on the hermetic and alchemical traditions,” Jay Weidner is a renowned filmmaker, author and scholar. Considered to be a ‘modern-day Indiana Jones’ for his ongoing worldwide quests to find clues to mankind’s spiritual destiny via ancient societies and artifacts, his body of work offers great insight into the circumstances that have led to the current global crisis. He is writer/director of the feature film, The Last Avatar, director of the critically acclaimed documentary, Infinity: The Ultimate Trip, Journey Beyond Death and writer/director of the documentary series on the work of Stanley Kubrick, Kubrick’s Odyssey and Beyond the Infinite.
Jay was featured in the History Channel’s documentary, The Lost Book of Nostradamus and was an associate producer and featured in the History Channel’s special, Nostradamus 2012. He was also featured in the documentary, Room 237, in Brad Meltzer’s Decoded, and in Jesse Ventura’s, Conspiracy Theory (TruTV). He is the co-author of The Mysteries of the Great Cross of Hendaye: Alchemy and the End of Time published by Destiny Books and A Monument to the End of Time (with Vincent Bridges).
In 1991, Jay joined KCMU Public Radio in Seattle. He hosted the six-hour weekly interview program, Mind Over Matters, and was also the Public Affairs Director. In 1996, Jay became one of the first employees of a start-up company called Gaiam for which he was the Video Production Development Director until he departed in 2000.
In 2000, he founded Sacred Mysteries together with his wife, Sharron Rose. He has directed 15 films in the current Sacred Mysteries DVD Collection including, The Last Avatar, Infinity, Secrets of Alchemy, Artmind, Healing the Luminous Body, Quantum Astrology, Sophia Returning and more.
Since 2012, Jay developed and produced original content for Gaia TV, the online alternative television network for which he develops and produces cutting edge programs and series such as Cosmic Disclosure and Wisdom Teachings starring David Wilcock, Deep Space, a series about the Secret Space Program, Beyond Belief with George Noorey, Open Minds with Regina Meredith, Hidden Origins with Michael Tellinger Hollywood Decoded, and many more. For greater insight into this work, go to www.gaia.com/weidner.
In addition, he continues to be a featured guest on popular radio shows such as Coast to Coast AM, Red Ice, Freeman Fly, Veritas, etc.
Known For

TV
Open Minds
Himself
2012

Film
Room 237
Self
2012

TV
Deep Space
Himself
2016

TV
Hollywood Decoded
himself
2017
Film
Secrets of Alchemy - The Great Cross and the End of Time
Narrator
2004

Film
A Clockwork Shining: Kubrick's Odyssey 3
Himself
2024

Film
JFK X: Solving the Crime of the Century
Researcher
2023

Film
Timewave 2013
Self
2008
Filmography
2024FilmA Clockwork Shining: Kubrick's Odyssey 3as Himself2023FilmJFK X: Solving the Crime of the Centuryas Researcher2017TVHollywood Decodedas himself2016TVDeep Spaceas Himself2012FilmRoom 237as Self2012TVOpen Mindsas Himself2008FilmTimewave 2013as Self2004FilmSecrets of Alchemy - The Great Cross and the End of Timeas Narrator