Jon Else is an award-winning documentarian, cinematographer, and MacArthur Genius grant recipient. Over 40 years before Christopher Nolan’s OPPENHEIMER, Jon directed THE DAY AFTER TRINITY, a documentary film about J. Robert Oppenheimer. For almost two decades, Jon led the documentary program at UC Berkeley’s Graduate School of Journalism where he met then journalism student, now collaborator and friend, Pete Nicks. On this episode, Jon and Pete deep dive into their careers in documentary film.
01:59
Get Reel
09:04
Meeting at Cal and getting into documentary
19:20
From FRUITVALE STATION to THE FORCE
29:57
Advice for documentary filmmakers today
34:30
From THE DAY AFTER TRINITY to OPPENHEIMER
36:22
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