{
  "@context": "https://schema.org",
  "@type": "Person",
  "@id": "https://www.screensearch.co.uk/person/1197811/jon-else",
  "name": "Jon Else",
  "url": "https://www.screensearch.co.uk/person/1197811/jon-else",
  "knownForDepartment": "Directing",
  "description": "Jon H. Else is an American documentary filmmaker and professor at the UC Berkeley Graduate School of Journalism. He directs the documentary program.",
  "birthDate": "1944-01-01",
  "birthPlace": "Worcester, Massachusetts, USA",
  "alternateName": [
    "Jon H. Else"
  ],
  "image": "https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w500/yGhdZGBPGDy0rwNn7Lj9Epnilrd.jpg",
  "sameAs": [
    "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0255613"
  ],
  "lastVerified": "3 May 2026",
  "filmography": [
    {
      "mediaType": "tv",
      "tmdbId": 5672,
      "title": "Explorer",
      "year": "1985",
      "role": "Director",
      "roleKind": "crew",
      "voteAverage": 5.969,
      "posterUrl": "https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w500/fQFoJh5Jvj8FwCXyFDYtbJtIxSZ.jpg",
      "screenSearchUrl": "https://www.screensearch.co.uk/watch/tv/5672/explorer-1985"
    },
    {
      "mediaType": "movie",
      "tmdbId": 157354,
      "title": "Fruitvale Station",
      "year": "2013",
      "role": "Second Unit Director of Photography",
      "roleKind": "crew",
      "voteAverage": 7.356,
      "posterUrl": "https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w500/oXSy3nEKFtfw5iRxdG8ouEFAnxs.jpg",
      "screenSearchUrl": "https://www.screensearch.co.uk/watch/movie/157354/fruitvale-station-2013"
    },
    {
      "mediaType": "movie",
      "tmdbId": 1149947,
      "title": "To End All War: Oppenheimer & the Atomic Bomb",
      "year": "2023",
      "role": "as Self - Filmmaker, \"The Day After Trinity\"",
      "roleKind": "cast",
      "voteAverage": 7.721,
      "posterUrl": "https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w500/xwkYWcs8aypUtk3xDRUh0ndo4GA.jpg",
      "screenSearchUrl": "https://www.screensearch.co.uk/watch/movie/1149947/to-end-all-war-oppenheimer-the-atomic-bomb-2023"
    },
    {
      "mediaType": "movie",
      "tmdbId": 59314,
      "title": "The Day After Trinity",
      "year": "1981",
      "role": "Director",
      "roleKind": "crew",
      "voteAverage": 7.6,
      "posterUrl": "https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w500/yvNoCvCe4F52KumCuoUePsw7dsN.jpg",
      "screenSearchUrl": "https://www.screensearch.co.uk/watch/movie/59314/the-day-after-trinity-1981"
    },
    {
      "mediaType": "movie",
      "tmdbId": 33138,
      "title": "The Times of Harvey Milk",
      "year": "1984",
      "role": "Additional Camera",
      "roleKind": "crew",
      "voteAverage": 7.263,
      "posterUrl": "https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w500/icHnX0RALT9Mn8CVhtqBl04jqXi.jpg",
      "screenSearchUrl": "https://www.screensearch.co.uk/watch/movie/33138/the-times-of-harvey-milk-1984"
    },
    {
      "mediaType": "movie",
      "tmdbId": 188074,
      "title": "Cardiac Arrest",
      "year": "1980",
      "role": "Director of Photography",
      "roleKind": "crew",
      "voteAverage": 4.667,
      "posterUrl": "https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w500/sEDmtDHHukjdYxPvhtNWiloBKNp.jpg",
      "screenSearchUrl": "https://www.screensearch.co.uk/watch/movie/188074/cardiac-arrest-1980"
    },
    {
      "mediaType": "movie",
      "tmdbId": 274216,
      "title": "The Golden Honeymoon",
      "year": "1980",
      "role": "Director of Photography",
      "roleKind": "crew",
      "voteAverage": 6,
      "posterUrl": "https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w500/xanp4VVtm44mov6HxmDkZwYM3FP.jpg",
      "screenSearchUrl": "https://www.screensearch.co.uk/watch/movie/274216/the-golden-honeymoon-1980"
    },
    {
      "mediaType": "tv",
      "tmdbId": 240034,
      "title": "The Great Depression",
      "year": "1993",
      "role": "Writer",
      "roleKind": "crew",
      "voteAverage": 10,
      "posterUrl": "https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w500/d4CFgiOcF8eJEu342McR91XEC4O.jpg",
      "screenSearchUrl": "https://www.screensearch.co.uk/watch/tv/240034/the-great-depression-1993"
    },
    {
      "mediaType": "movie",
      "tmdbId": 929279,
      "title": "Cadillac Desert: Water and the Transformation of Nature",
      "year": "1997",
      "role": "Producer",
      "roleKind": "crew",
      "voteAverage": 10,
      "posterUrl": "https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w500/l8HEJsVxcCInE78Nr9dQJIDWBAW.jpg",
      "screenSearchUrl": "https://www.screensearch.co.uk/watch/movie/929279/cadillac-desert-water-and-the-transformation-of-nature-1997"
    },
    {
      "mediaType": "movie",
      "tmdbId": 352556,
      "title": "Yosemite: The Fate of Heaven",
      "year": "1989",
      "role": "Producer",
      "roleKind": "crew",
      "voteAverage": 8,
      "posterUrl": "https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w500/dRn60kjGUGYb0G7sqBbSTnlgJme.jpg",
      "screenSearchUrl": "https://www.screensearch.co.uk/watch/movie/352556/yosemite-the-fate-of-heaven-1989"
    },
    {
      "mediaType": "movie",
      "tmdbId": 272254,
      "title": "I'm a Fool",
      "year": "1977",
      "role": "Director of Photography",
      "roleKind": "crew",
      "voteAverage": 6,
      "posterUrl": "https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w500/16ESXjMQis8QhjMMNG8zeBb2zCN.jpg",
      "screenSearchUrl": "https://www.screensearch.co.uk/watch/movie/272254/i-m-a-fool-1977"
    },
    {
      "mediaType": "movie",
      "tmdbId": 114514,
      "title": "Who Are the DeBolts? And Where Did They Get Nineteen Kids?",
      "year": "1977",
      "role": "Director of Photography",
      "roleKind": "crew",
      "voteAverage": 6.375,
      "posterUrl": "https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w500/cFQKY5wbuD0sygPt25NcTVBbd5F.jpg",
      "screenSearchUrl": "https://www.screensearch.co.uk/watch/movie/114514/who-are-the-debolts-and-where-did-they-get-nineteen-kids-1977"
    },
    {
      "mediaType": "movie",
      "tmdbId": 1364693,
      "title": "Neil Young & Crazy Horse - In a Rusted Out Garage",
      "year": "1986",
      "role": "Camera Operator",
      "roleKind": "crew",
      "voteAverage": null,
      "posterUrl": "https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w500/bjJKfT6UEOyxCOC36t3GKjJUrvS.jpg",
      "screenSearchUrl": "https://www.screensearch.co.uk/watch/movie/1364693/neil-young-crazy-horse-in-a-rusted-out-garage-1986"
    },
    {
      "mediaType": "movie",
      "tmdbId": 743442,
      "title": "The Great Depression: A Job at Ford's",
      "year": "1993",
      "role": "Director",
      "roleKind": "crew",
      "voteAverage": null,
      "posterUrl": "https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w500/rkEq4xstwU0pQOm7tByFsOtGGAw.jpg",
      "screenSearchUrl": "https://www.screensearch.co.uk/watch/movie/743442/the-great-depression-a-job-at-ford-s-1993"
    },
    {
      "mediaType": "movie",
      "tmdbId": 495964,
      "title": "Unabomber: The Secret History",
      "year": "2008",
      "role": "Camera Operator",
      "roleKind": "crew",
      "voteAverage": 10,
      "posterUrl": "https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w500/7XPzmSaTyrAjzt45JxXj2rgYcGN.jpg",
      "screenSearchUrl": "https://www.screensearch.co.uk/watch/movie/495964/unabomber-the-secret-history-2008"
    },
    {
      "mediaType": "movie",
      "tmdbId": 38119,
      "title": "Neil Young & Crazy Horse: Rust Never Sleeps",
      "year": "1979",
      "role": "Director of Photography",
      "roleKind": "crew",
      "voteAverage": 7.813,
      "posterUrl": "https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w500/jdObkSIZLMd7Oiq7mBMgnSqrqK7.jpg",
      "screenSearchUrl": "https://www.screensearch.co.uk/watch/movie/38119/neil-young-crazy-horse-rust-never-sleeps-1979"
    },
    {
      "mediaType": "movie",
      "tmdbId": 713689,
      "title": "Stepping Out: The Debolts Grow Up",
      "year": "1980",
      "role": "Director",
      "roleKind": "crew",
      "voteAverage": 5,
      "posterUrl": "https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w500/cwkwcOirtIVpZ35keZr9uLnGtN7.jpg",
      "screenSearchUrl": "https://www.screensearch.co.uk/watch/movie/713689/stepping-out-the-debolts-grow-up-1980"
    },
    {
      "mediaType": "movie",
      "tmdbId": 1242679,
      "title": "Off the Wall",
      "year": "1977",
      "role": "Director of Photography",
      "roleKind": "crew",
      "voteAverage": 7,
      "posterUrl": "https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w500/eDjcQskMavHqTNmoJDMSnJqOjQ3.jpg",
      "screenSearchUrl": "https://www.screensearch.co.uk/watch/movie/1242679/off-the-wall-1977"
    },
    {
      "mediaType": "movie",
      "tmdbId": 267460,
      "title": "Journeys from Berlin/1971",
      "year": "1980",
      "role": "Writer",
      "roleKind": "crew",
      "voteAverage": 8.833,
      "posterUrl": "https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w500/q4n8EAcCf3zSjCtKQdBl7P9Pc3q.jpg",
      "screenSearchUrl": "https://www.screensearch.co.uk/watch/movie/267460/journeys-from-berlin-1971-1980"
    },
    {
      "mediaType": "movie",
      "tmdbId": 1224637,
      "title": "Shellmound",
      "year": "2004",
      "role": "Creative Consultant",
      "roleKind": "crew",
      "voteAverage": 9,
      "posterUrl": "https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w500/fZwN3S6Lo4TWGOInDSC8eDOHyaI.jpg",
      "screenSearchUrl": "https://www.screensearch.co.uk/watch/movie/1224637/shellmound-2004"
    },
    {
      "mediaType": "movie",
      "tmdbId": 39935,
      "title": "Sing Faster: The Stagehands' Ring Cycle",
      "year": "1999",
      "role": "Director of Photography",
      "roleKind": "crew",
      "voteAverage": 7,
      "posterUrl": "https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w500/x5APGLNk8S1GpCN3HFQdjR9uktY.jpg",
      "screenSearchUrl": "https://www.screensearch.co.uk/watch/movie/39935/sing-faster-the-stagehands-ring-cycle-1999"
    },
    {
      "mediaType": "movie",
      "tmdbId": 86850,
      "title": "The Island President",
      "year": "2012",
      "role": "Executive Producer",
      "roleKind": "crew",
      "voteAverage": 6.1,
      "posterUrl": "https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w500/3yN0Y28EEYUkIyPbEItYu9ss5EQ.jpg",
      "screenSearchUrl": "https://www.screensearch.co.uk/watch/movie/86850/the-island-president-2012"
    },
    {
      "mediaType": "movie",
      "tmdbId": 139846,
      "title": "Soundtrack for a Revolution",
      "year": "2009",
      "role": "Director of Photography",
      "roleKind": "crew",
      "voteAverage": 6.6,
      "posterUrl": "https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w500/xiVaBjVpxu9cm4OONycANZ6RO2K.jpg",
      "screenSearchUrl": "https://www.screensearch.co.uk/watch/movie/139846/soundtrack-for-a-revolution-2009"
    },
    {
      "mediaType": "movie",
      "tmdbId": 653653,
      "title": "Seconds to Play",
      "year": "1976",
      "role": "Camera Operator",
      "roleKind": "crew",
      "voteAverage": null,
      "posterUrl": null,
      "screenSearchUrl": "https://www.screensearch.co.uk/watch/movie/653653/seconds-to-play-1976"
    }
  ]
}