About
Jackson Cropper is a film director, producer, and writer from Tulsa, Oklahoma. Rooted in historical and regional imagery, his narrative and documentary works reflect facets of American life in vivid, human detail, highlighting the complexities of Americana.
His recent narrative work, the short film "No Acorns for a Blind Hog," is a 1970s Texas-set American Realist Neo-Western that explores issues of regionality and cultural identity in the Great Plains. His upcoming documentaries, "The Quilt at the End of the World" and "Good Morning, Be Careful!", provide ethnographic fieldwork on rural traditions in the American Deep South.
His work has been sponsored by Kodak Atlanta, the Alabama State Council on the Arts, and the Southern Documentary Fund, and has been featured on NoBudge, C-SPAN, & PBS OETA.
Contact
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Born in 2000 in Tulsa, Oklahoma
Currently resides in Brooklyn, NY & Tulsa, OK
Education
2023 Savannah College of Art and Design
BFA Filmmaking, Magna Cum Laude
Awards and Screenings
2025 Red Dirt Film Festival
Best University Film Award, Stillwater, OK
2025 Bare Bones Int. Film and Music Festival
Janet Mayson Indie Spirit Award, Muskogee, OK
2023 SCAD BFA Thesis Showcase
Grand Finale Selection, Lucas Theater, Savannah, GA
Filmwork
2020-Present
Freelance Set Production Assistant
Tulsa, OK & New York, NY
- Notable works:
Killers of the Flower Moon (Apple TV+)
The Lowdown (FX/Disney)
Power Book III: Raising Kanan (STARZ)
