Jackson Kroopf

Jackson Kroopf is a filmmaker and educator born and based in Los Angeles. His work is rooted in lived experience, longform collaboration, and performance.

Jackson’s films have screened at BFI London, Clermont-Ferrand, Outfest, and SFFILM, and have been featured by Vimeo Staff Picks, Short of the Week, and broadcast on PBS. Their short film NASIR won the Grand Jury Prize at DOC NYC and was distributed by the Los Angeles Times Studios. He has created performance-centered nonfiction work as a Sundance Institute/NEH Fellow, collaborating closely with elders and youth to explore memory, identity and intergenerational storytelling.