Jason Spingarn-Koff
Professor, UC Berkeley Graduate School of Journalism (ex-Netflix and NYT)
- Role
- Executive Producer Short Docs at Los Angeles Times
- Location
- Berkeley, CA, US
- LinkedIn followers
- 500 followers
About Jason Spingarn-Koff
Jason Spingarn-Koff (he/him) is an award-winning documentary filmmaker, journalist and media executive. He is Professor of Journalism and Knight Chair of Climate Journalism at UC Berkeley. From 20••••22, he served as Director of Original Documentary programming at Netflix, where he oversaw more than 100 global films and series, with honors including four Academy Awards for the company. At Netflix, he had a hand in some of the most iconic documentaries that have transformed public perceptions of the natural world and our place in preserving it - such as the Emmy winning landmark series Our Planet, the Oscar-winning film My Octopus Teacher, the Peabody Award-winning film Chasing Coral, as well as the Emmy winners Fire in Paradise and Puff: Wonders of the Reef, and the Emmy-nominated investigative series Rotten. A pioneer of innovative nonfiction formats and champion of emerging talent, he also co-created and executive produced the acclaimed series Explained and Abstract: The Art of Design. Formerly the commissioning editor for Opinion video at The New York Times, he launched and oversaw the acclaimed Op-Docs initiative for short opinion documentaries by independent filmmakers, publishing more than 165 short films and winning two Emmys and a Peabody Award. Hailed as an industry trailblazer, his work at Op-Docs is credited with transforming the media landscape for short form documentaries.His work on climate change builds on deep experience covering the intersection of science, technology and society - from early work for PBS/NOVA, MSNBC, Time and Wired, to his independent directorial debut feature Life 2.0 (2010 Sundance Film Festival), and a mid-career Knight Science Journalism Fellowship at MIT. Member of the Academy of Motion Pictures Arts and Sciences (Documentary Branch), BAFTA, PGA, ATAS, IDA.**Not accepting unsolicited submissions or materials**
Experience
Executive Producer Short Docs
May 2023 — Present
Executive Producer of the Short Docs documentary series. Honors include an Academy Award for The Last Repair Shop.
Education
Brown University
Bachelor of Arts (B.A.), History
1992 — 1996
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Knight Science Journalism Fellow
2010 — 2011
University of California, Berkeley
MJ, Graduate School of Journalism
2000 — 2001
Skills
- Content Strategy
- Film
- Video Production
- Interactive Media
- Documentaries
- Broadcast
- Closing Deals
- Television
- Video Editing
- Writing
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