Jake Magee

Jake was born in Taos New Mexico. He studied film and electronic arts at Bard College in New York before moving to Los Angeles to study cinematography at AFI. Jake has lensed several acclaimed short films including "weathering" (Provincetown Film Fest) and "Apsis" (Kino der Kunst Festival, Munich) as well as two feature films "Up the River" (Sun Valley film Festival) and "Naz + Maalik" (South By Southwest). Jake received an award for his work on Apsis for Best Cinematography at the Maverick Movie Awards in Los Angeles in 2013. Jake also worked as a camera operator on Crystal Moselle's 2015 documentary "The Wolfpack" (Sundance 2015) and as as a set lighting technician on Lily Amirpour's "A Girl Walks Home Alone At Night" (Sundance 2014).