Jack Ballo launched his production company, Ultravision, in 1985. He has worked on hundreds of projects behind the camera, editing, producing and writing. Over the last five years, Ballo has been making humanitarian films that bring awareness to social issues. His first humanitarian documentary, WRONG TURN, (2008) highlighted a Canadian man and his wife who just retired and went on vacation to the Dominican Republic. Over 20 years later they are still there, building homes for families living in shacks. In 2010, Ballo went back to the Dominican Republic and made an award-winning film called ELIO.

In his recently released film, BEFORE YOU LEAVE (2012), singer songwriter, Mary Gauthier, searches for the truth about her adoption after realizing that her deepest wounds stem from abandonment. BEFORE YOU LEAVE won Best Short Documentary at its premiere. DESTINY’S BRIDGE is his latest film which is now in production and will be released in 2013. The film is a documentary about a homeless minister who leads a community living in the woods while facing eviction. This conflict in Lakewood, NJ has been in the national headlines since the town filed a lawsuit in 2011. When the judge ruled in favor of the homeless, the temporary stay gave the visionary preacher time to present his ideas on a new concept for housing the homeless.

Ballo has also completed his first fiction screenplay. Rights to the THE DOO- DAH MAN were purchased by a London production company. Filming has already begun in Texas on a story where a young hitchhiker is picked up in a stolen car from a man who escaped from prison. The film is expected to be released in 2014.

“Bringing awareness to an issue is the first step to seeing change. Whether it’s poverty in a third-world country, social justice issues or a simple conflict in your community, you have to use whatever means are available to communicate,” Ballo said. Making short films and documentaries that inspire change are an important part of Ultravision's purpose and future.