Jethro Waters is a multi-award winning Writer, Director, Producer, and Cinematographer.
Waters’ documentary feature debut F11 AND BE THERE was chosen as a New York Times Critic’s Picks, won an Emmy Award, screened in select theaters internationally, and is featured on Apple TV, Amazon Prime, PBS, Kanopy, and many other networks.
His music video 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, Spin, Pitchfork, NPR and reached millions of viewers across the globe.
He makes his narrative feature debut with GUNFIGHTER PARADISE. Waters wrote, produced, and directed this dark comedy featuring Jessica Hecht, Valient Himself, and Executive Produced by Nancy Buirski. Legendary Renato Casaro hand painted the movie poster.
Waters was the colorist and an advisor for Nancy Buirski’s Academy Award Shortlisted featured documentary Desperate Souls, Dark City, and the Legend of Midnight Cowboy.
He directed the film TROPICALIA for Groupo Cisneros and The Four Seasons in the Dominican Republic.
Waters directed a series of short documentaries on architecture, design, and sustainability, working with architects and luminaries like Tadao Ando, Estudio Ramos, Nacho Figueras, and others.
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.