Jethro Waters

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About Jethro Waters

Jethro Waters is an Emmy Award Winning Writer, Director, Producer, Cinematographer, and Editor. His feature documentary F11 AND BE THERE was reviewed as a New York Times Critic’s Pick, won multiple awards, screened theatrically in the U.S, Europe, and Asia, and is currently featured multiple streaming platforms. He makes his narrative feature debut with GUNFIGHTER PARADISE in 2024. Waters wrote, produced, and directed this dark southern comedy featuring Primetime Emmy Award and Tony Award nominated Jessica Hecht and Executive Produced by Pulitzer, Emmy, and Peabody winning Nancy Buirski. His music video work with artists like John Cale, Angel Olsen, among many other artists, has been featured in The New Yorker, Rolling Stone, Billboard, Pitchfork, The New York Times, and reached millions of viewers across the globe. Waters directed a series of short documentaries on architecture, design, and sustainability, working with architects and luminaries like Tadao Ando, Estudio Ramos, Nacho Figueras, Adrian Zecha, and Adriana Cisneros. Waters’ short experimental film YENE FIKIR opened at the Massachusetts Museum of Contemporary Art, with a live score performed by acclaimed musician Natalie Prass. His short film REMAINS, a collaboration with legendary Magnum and Life photographer Burk Uzzle, was selected for the Civil Rights museum exhibition “I Am a Man” curated by William R. Ferris, which exhibited in art museums internationally.