Jon Cohrs

Jon Cohrs is a media artist, filmmaker and technologist, whose work uses story, collaboration and emerging technology to explore contemporary issues on health, technology and the environment. He spent 3 years exploring the future of journalism through research and emergent storytelling techniques on the R&D team at The New York Times. For many years, he was also the founder and lead mastering engineer at Bear Call Mastering. He’s now working on two documentary films mixing verite filmmaking and with RT3D open-worlds.

Previously he directed BACK WATER, a feature documentary about the anthropocene, follows a group who travel by canoe, exploring a strange landscape that tells the story of a civilization’s new frontier available on Amazon and Apple TV.

His work has been shown at Vision Du Reel, Ars Electronica, The Total Museum Korea, Art in General, among others. He’s received grants from Catapult Film Fund, NYSCA, Media-Arts Assistance Fund, Mellon Grant, Experimental Televisions Center, Future-Everything and fellowships from Eyebeam, NYFA, and the Banff Centre for the Arts. He has taught at RPI, Parsons, Pratt Institute, NYU, SUNY Purchase, and Finish Academy of Fine Art.

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