Jake Magee
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Jake is a cinematographer working in he US and abroad in commercial, narrative and documentary film.
His narrative feature film “The Mountains Are a Dream That Call to Me”, directed by Cedric Cheung-Lau was screened in the “NEXT” program at the 2020 Sundance Film Festival.
Jake was raised by musician and architect parents in Taos New Mexico. Deeply influenced by the high desert, he went on to study experimental film and video at Bard College with a focus on landscape. Jake studied under two cinema masters, Peter Hutton and Kelly Reichardt. He continued his education at the American Film Institute and earned a master’s degree in cinematography.
Jake has lensed several acclaimed short films including “Topography of a Hotel” (Slamdance), “Weathering” (Provincetown Film Fest) and "Apsis" (Kino der Kunst Festival, Munich) as well as feature narrative films "Up the River" (Sun Valley Film Festival) and "Naz + Maalik" (South By Southwest).
Jake has also worked as a camera operator, 2nd unit dp and assistant on projects and films like Christopher Nolan’s “Tenet”, Jonah Hill’s “Mid 90’s”, Sam Levinson’s “Euphoria”, Jesse Eisenberg’s “When You Finish Saving The World” Gus Van Sant’s “Don’t Worry He Won’t Get Far On Foot”, Hailey Benton Gates’ “Atropia” and Kogonada’s upcoming “A Big Bold Beautiful Journey”
Jake has worked with brands including Rick Owens, Miu Miu, Gucci, LEVI’S, Air Jordan, Nike, Puma, BOSS, Clark’s, Oakley, American Eagle, and Meta.
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