Jody Stillwater 周青海, a filmmaker and artist in the San Francisco Bay Area, is renowned for his expertise in dynamic movement, granular semiotic language, time cycles, rhythm, and archetype synthesis. His work often intricately explores the diverse Bay Area cultural ecology and the theme of growth following disruption.
A twice Emmy-nominated filmmaker and co-founder of Yanasa Creative Group, Jody has showcased his work at prestigious venues including the MoMA in NYC, Hammer Museum, de Young Museum, YBCA, Mutek, Gray Area, Honolulu Museum of Art, Transfer Gallery, and ISEA. He was a finalist for the SFFILM Kenneth Rainin Screenwriting grant, has been commissioned by Google, Meta/Facebook, and has been a guest speaker at UC Berkeley, Stanford and Indiana University. Additionally, Jody was a featured guest on NBC’s Asian Pacific America with Robert Handa, and has been on the jury for the San Francisco Dance Film Festival and the Creative Youth Awards. With a cultural background that is Chinese/Norwegian/Cherokee-American, he identifies as mixed.
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 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.