Jethro Waters is an Emmy Award Winning Writer, Director, Producer, and Cinematographer.

Waters’ documentary feature F11 AND BE THERE was reviewed as a New York Times Critic’s Pick, screened in select theaters internationally, won multiple awards, and is distributed on major streaming platforms.

His work with artists like John Cale, Angel Olsen, among many others, has been featured in The New Yorker, Rolling Stone, Billboard, The New York Times, and reached millions of viewers across the globe.

He makes his narrative feature debut with GUNFIGHTER PARADISE in 2024. Waters wrote, produced, and directed this noir comedy / horror featuring Jessica Hecht, Valient Himself, and Executive Produced by Nancy Buirski. Legendary Renato Casaro painted the movie poster.

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 others.

Waters shot and directed the short film TROPICALIA for Groupo Cisneros and The Four Seasons in the Dominican Republic.

His 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.