Jody Stillwater is a filmmaker in the San Francisco Bay Area, renowned for his expertise in dynamic movement, granular semiotic language, time cycles, rhythm and archetype synthesis. His work often intricately explores the diverse Bay Area cultural ecology and the theme of growth following disruption.

An Emmy-nominated filmmaker and co-founder of Yanasa Creative Group, he has showcased his work at the MoMA in NYC, Hammer Museum, de Young Museum, YBCA, Mutek, Gray Area, Honolulu Museum of Art and ISEA. He has been a finalist for the SFFILM Kenneth Rainin Screenwriting grant and been commissioned by companies such as Google and Meta. Jody has been a featured guest on NBC's Asian Pacific America with Robert Handa, and been on the jury for the San Francisco Dance Film Festival and the Creative Youth Awards. He has been a guest speaker at Stanford and UC Berkeley.

With a cultural background that is Chinese/Norwegian/Cherokee-American, he identifies as mixed.

MANIFESTO [For Concrete Poetry] : A Poem by Wayne Kaumualii Westlake

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