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

Videographer and Production Assistant
- Worked on commercials for various high-level corporate and civic clients and non-profits. Also worked as grip and 1st AC.
Assistant studio manager
- Responsible for camera inventory, production vehicles, and studio space/psych wall maintenance.

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

Winner of the Scholastic Arts and Writing Gold Key award for short documentary work

Short film work featured as an Officially Selected piece for the Will Rogers Motion Picture Festival in 2020

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)

Winner of the $1,000 first-place prize at the Team Carleton StateFarm Film Screening in 2017 for short documentary work

Multiple short documentary works have aired both nationally and locally on live television including PBS and C-SPAN