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Demystifying: Documentary Storytelling

Tuesday, March 10, 2020 at 12:00pm to 1:20pm

Allen Hall, 221
1020 University Street, Eugene, OR

Jake Swantko is a cinematographer and documentary producer who served as director of photography and producer for the film Icarus, which won the 2018 Academy Award for Best Documentary Feature and the 2017 Sundance Film Festival Orwell Award for revealing “the truth at a time when the truth is no longer a commodity.”

His new film, The Dissident, about slain journalist Jamal Khashoggi, premiered at Sundance Film Festival in 2020. He is a 2011 graduate of the UO School of Journalism and Communication.

Swantko has worked on several films and has photographed for the Associated Press, ESPN, HBO, National Geographic, PBS Frontline, Time Magazine, and Nike.

In this talk, Swantko, will deliver a master class on Documentary Storytelling.

This talk is part of the Demystifying Media series run by the School of Journalism and Communication.

 

Event Type

Lectures & Presentations, Lecture, Presentation, Workshop

Departments

School of Journalism and Communication

Target Audience

All Students, Faculty/Staff, General Public, Alumni

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