About
Jackson Cropper is a Georgia-based filmmaker from Tulsa, Oklahoma active since 2015. His award-winning short films and documentaries have aired across local and national television and have earned upwards of $5,000 in prize money. He currently pursues a BFA in filmmaking at the Savannah College of Art and Design, determined to find a future in creating feature-length narrative work.

Experience:
Retrospec Films - Commercial, TV & Film Production, Tulsa, OK
FALL 2020-2021
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Videographer and Production Assistant
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Worked on commercials for various high-level corporate and civic clients and non-profits. Also worked as grip and 1st AC.
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Assistant studio manager
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Responsible for camera inventory, production vehicles, and studio space/psych wall maintenance.
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Production Assistant, Tulsa, OK — Set PA
2021 - PRESENT
Worked as a Set PA on various commercials and movies including Apple TV’s Killers of the Flower Moon in the summer of 2021.
Education:
Savannah College of Art and Design (SCAD) - Savannah, GA, BFA
FALL 2019 - SUMMER 2023
Pursuing a Bachelor of Fine Arts in Filmmaking. Expected to graduate in June 2023.

Accolades
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Winner of the Scholastic Arts and Writing Gold Key award for short documentary work
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Short film work featured as an Officially Selected piece for the Will Rogers Motion Picture Festival in 2020
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Three-time winner of the C-SPAN StudentCam Documentary Competition
($1,500 second-place prize awarded in both 2018 and 2019 and a
$150 honorable mention awarded in 2017)
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Winner of the $1,000 first-place prize at the Team Carleton StateFarm Film Screening in 2017 for short documentary work
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Multiple short documentary works have aired both nationally and locally on live television including PBS and C-SPAN
