JEFFREY JOHNSON // Director of Photography / Documentary Filmmaker
(630)507-3722 | jeffrey.dale.johns@gmail.com | jeffreydalejohnson.com | imdb
//Awards & Nominations
A THOUSAND CUTS | 43rd Annual Emmy Award Winner for Outstanding Social Issue Documentary | 2022
JEFFREY JOHNSON | DocNYC 40 under 40 Cohort | 2021
A THOUSAND CUTS | Gotham Independent Film Award for Best Documentary Feature | 2020
BORN TO BE | Grand Jury Best Documentary Feature, Seattle Asian American Film Festival | 2020
PANDEMIC | 42nd Annual Emmy Award Nominee for Outstanding Science and Technology Documentary | 2020
BORN TO BE | Best of Fest, Palm Springs International Film Festival | 2019
BECOMING OCEAN | Nominee Best Short Documentary, Twister Alley International Film Festival | 2019
NEIGHBORHOOD | Fear No Filmmaker Award, Utah Arts Festival (Fear No Film) | 2019
FOOTPRINTS IN THE SAND: SEASON ONE | Best Directing New Media, Webdance | 2018
DO WE BELONG? | Shortlisted, IDA Documentary Awards | 2018
DO WE BELONG? | Audience Award for Best Short Documentary, Adirondack Film Festival | 2018
YOU ARE EVERYWHERE | Best Drama, Los Angeles Short Film Festival | 2018
THE LOTUS THAT WENT TO THE SEA | W. Ratterman Humanitarian Award,
Columbia Gorge Int. Film Fest | 2014
//Documentary
SEALED IN BLOOD (short documentary) Dir. Sofian Khan | 2022 (premiered Double Exposure Festival, 2022)
A THOUSAND CUTS (feature documentary) Dir. Ramona Diaz | 2020 (premiered Sundance, 2020)
PANDEMIC (docu-series) Netflix | 2020
BORN TO BE (feature documentary) Dir. Tania Cypriano | 2019 (premiered NYFF57, 2019)
BECOMING OCEAN (short documentary) Dir. Scott K. Foley | 2019
NEIGHBORHOOD (short documentary) Dir. Ben Garchar | 2019 (premiered BAM Cinema Festival, 2019)
STUDENT ATHLETE (feature documentary) Dir. Sharmeen Obaid-Chinoy / Trish Dalton | HBO | 2018
DO WE BELONG? (short documentary) Dir. Sofian Khan | Atlantic Selects | 2018
OUTSIDERS (pilot-series) MTV | 2016
FATHERS & SONS (short documentary) Dir. Ben Garchar | 2016
THE LOTUS THAT WENT TO THE SEA (short documentary) Dir. Jeffrey Johnson | 2014
BOOKER TRAVELS: MOROCCO (docu-series) Dir. Tania Cypriano | Viva! Pictures | 2014
CHANGE OF STATE: KRZYSZTOF WODICZKO (short documentary) NBNY | 2013
BOOKER TRAVELS: SRI LANKA (docu-series) Dir. Tania Cypriano | Viva! Pictures | 2013
THE ONLY PLACE (short documentary) Dir. Jeffrey Johnson | 2012
//Fiction
DOPPELBÄNGER (short) Dir. Sofian Khan | 2020 (premiered Cinequest, 2020)
FOOTPRINTS IN THE SAND: SEASON ONE (episodic) Dir. Jeffrey Johnson | 2017
YOU ARE EVERYWHERE (short) Dir. Ben Garchar | 2016
JAKE (short) Dir. Ben Garchar | 2016
GOLD ON BANK STREET (pilot) Dir. Marco Shalma | Aphid Productions | 2015
ATOM’S INSTINCT (experimental short) Dir. Sam Baumel | 2013
//Commercial & Branded Content
A GIFT FROM THE PAST. A PATH TO THE FUTURE. (commercial) Dir. Rafael Salazar | National Gallery of Art | 2022
ALEX DA CORTE: AS LONG AS THE SUN LASTS | Met Exhibitions | 2021
OUR NATIONAL GALLERY: OF THE NATION, FOR THE PEOPLE (commercial) Dir. Rafael Salazar | National Gallery of Art | 2021
ASK (commercial) Dir. Rafael Salazar | Brooklyn Museum | 2020
MET STORIES (select profiles, branded series) Metropolitan Museum of Art | 2020
DO WHAT YOU LOVE (branded series) Pace University | 2019
WELCOME HOME OAKLAND (commercial) Dir. Nile Berry | Oakland Athletics | 2018
OPUS 1 (commercial) Dir. Ken Farmer | Wild Dogs International | 2017
GOOD GOES ROUND (branded series) Cheerios | 2017
SINGLE ON SUNDAY (commercial) Dir. Dan Zabludovsky | OK Cupid | 2016
BE GREAT OUT THERE (branded series) Nature Valley | 2016
SENEGAL EMERGING (branded series) Lucky Cat Pictures | 2015
LIFE HACKS WITH MARY KATE MCGRATH (branded series) Citi Bank | 2015
BEAUTY FOR A PURPOSE (branded series) Avon | 2015
SAY HELLO TO KEURIG 2.0 (branded series) Keurig | 2014
BROOKLYN MASH (branded series) Brooklyn Brewery | 2013
//Education
University of Illinois at Chicago
Bachelor of Fine Arts (BFA), Film/Video and Photographic Arts, magna cum laude 2005
//Certifications
Hostile Environments & Emergency First Aid (HEFAT) | Global Journalist Security
//Affiliations
Participating Member | Documentary Cinematographers Alliance