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Jon Else

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Jon Else produced and directed the documentaries “The Day After Trinity: J. Robert Oppenheimer and the Atomic Bomb,” “Yosemite: The Fate of Heaven,” “A Job at Ford’s” part of the PBS series “The Great Depression,” “Cadillac Desert: Water and the Transformation of Nature,” “Sing Faster: The Stagehands’ Ring Cycle,” and “Open Outcry.” He was series producer and cinematographer for “Eyes on the Prize: America’s Civil Rights Years.” Else served as cinematographer on documentaries for PBS, BBC, ABC, MTV and HBO, including the BBC/PBS “History of Rock and Roll,” the Paramount/MTV feature documentary “Tupac: Resurrection” and “Afghanistan: Hell of a Nation,” and numerous commercials and music videos. His feature documentary, "Wonders Are Many: The Making of Doctor Atomic" premiered at the 2007 Sundance Film Festival. Else was a MacArthur Fellow and has won four National Emmys, several Alfred I. DuPont and Peabody awards, the Prix Italia, the Sundance Special Jury Prize and Sundance Filmmaker's Trophy, as well as several Academy Award Nominations. Else received his bachelor's degree in English from the University of California at Berkeley and his master's degree in communication from Stanford University.

Films and Stories by Jon Else

The Museum of Attempted Suicide
For The San Francisco Chronicle, Professor Jon Else considers the legacy of atomic testing ruins at the Nevada Test Site.
Posted August 22, 2004

Around Kabul by Submarine
For The San Francisco Chronicle, Professor Jon Else covers a visit to Kabul in which he worked on a documentary about Afghanistan's new constitution.
Posted February 15, 2004

Tupac: Resurrection
For New York Times Movies, Professor Jon Else covers a documentary on which he served as director of photoraphy.
Posted November 14, 2003

The Man Who Gave Us the Bomb
In an article that originally was published in the San Francisco Chronicle, Professor Jon Else writes on the man who invented the atomic bomb.
Posted November 26, 2002

Stories about Jon Else

J-School Professor's Film Goes to Sundance -- The San Francisco Chronicle

"Sing Faster: The Stagehands' Ring Cycle" - PBS

"Open Outcry" - Independent Television Service

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