Jody Stillwater 周青海 is a filmmaker and artist from the San Francisco Bay Area. He is renowned for his expertise in dynamic movement, atemporal storytelling, granular semiotic language and rhythm within the framework of narrative filmmaking. With a cultural background that is Chinese/Bavarian-American, he identifies as mixed.
A three-time Emmy-nominated filmmaker and co-founder of Yanasa Creative Group, Jody has showcased his work at MoMA, Hammer Museum, de Young Museum, YBCA, Mutek, Gray Area, Honolulu Museum of Art. He has been commissioned by Google, Meta/Facebook and has been a guest lecturer at UC Berkeley and Stanford.
He is also an active photographer, cinematographer, new media artist and sound recordist, emphasizing frequency and sound as sculpture.
Films he has recorded sound on have screened at Sundance (Audience Award-winner), Edinburgh Film Festival, SXSW, Chicago International, Tribeca and SFIFF. He has made films in Japan, The Netherlands, India, Jordan, Colombia, Austria, Chile, Mexico, Slovenia, Iceland, Switzerland, Portugal, Spain, France, Italy, Greece, Germany, Vietnam, Thailand, the UK, Hawai'i and across the United States.