November • 2018
Jackson was very easy to work with, communicative and flexible and provided good-quality material. He was also open to criticism and didn't mind going back to one of the locations to film more footage.
Jackson A.
Houston, TX, USA
3 reviews$500 - $1500 / Day
About
Filmmaker, podcast producer, and radio broadcaster, Jackson has spent the better part of 25 years documenting independent arts, culture and political movements wherever he's been based. For the last 15-plus years his base was Beirut, Lebanon where Jackson directed, shot, and produced numerous documentaries, documentary segments, and branded documentaries in the Middle East, North Africa, the Mediterranean Basin, and parts of Asia. His clients include: T Brand Studios/NY Times, Nike, VICE, Al Jazeera English, CNN Inside the Middle East, Radical Media, BBC Radio 4, BBC World Service, Red Bull Music Academy Magazine, Boiler Room, Red Bull Music Academy Radio, Conde Naste, Iris, Oxford University Press, Goethe Institut, Le Monde, Arte, National Public Radio, Public Radio International, Diageo, Jeep, Art Dubai, Beirut Design Week, Audio Kultur Magazine, Middle East Airlines, 81Designs, and the Zayed Sustainability Prize, among others. Jackson also directs music videos, and works with academics producing film artefacts in areas of ethnographic research and field studies, and has begun working with the Global Studies Department at University of California Santa Barbara to produce podcasts and accompanying films, and is currently producing the podcast This Diaspora Life about the Armenian Diaspora.
Top Services
- Documentary DP
- 3 reviews
- Non-Fiction Film Director
- Field Producer
Clients
Top Reviews
December • 2022
Very talented DP. Great communicator and easy to work with!
Top Projects
Produced for Boomtown Productions
Okuafo Foundation: Using AI in Ghana for Crop Yields
Okuafo Foundation is a small and medium enterprise (SME) that has developed a smartphone application using AI to determine and diagnose diseases in crops at an early stage – without an internet connection. This has helped 30,000 farmers reduce their crop losses and improve their harvest by 50% in Ghana, Nigeria, Togo, and Burkina Faso. Director: Jackson Allers Director of Photography: Ian D. Murphy Producer: Leighla McGregor Production House: Boomtown Productions
- Field Producer
- Non-Fiction Film Director
Produced for Boomtown Productions
Hakimi Aliyu Secondary School Mokwa: Staving Off Deforestation
Sheikh Zayed Sustainability Prize 2020 Winner. Hakimi Aliyu Secondary School Mokwa (HASSM) in Nigeria has committed to the year-round production of seasonal crops and the distribution of efficient cooking stoves to replace fuel wood. We are proud to announce they have won the Global High Schools Prize for Sub-Saharan Africa. Director: Jackson Allers Director of Photography: Rian Mcloughlin Producer: Leighla McGregor Production: Boomtown Productions
- Field Producer
- Non-Fiction Film Director
Iris: In Beirut Music is Activism
"Meet three Lebanese women using music to inspire change." Producer/director Courtney Wells (Conde Naste), photographer Brian McGuffog and director/videographer Jackson Allers went on a two-week journey with three women in Lebanon who are "using their music to inspire" Featured are producer/singer Blu Fiefer (* Blu Fiefer), designer/DJ Tala Mortada and rapper/producer Lynn Fattouh aka Malikah. Producer/Director: Courtney Wells Shooters: Jackson Allers/Brian McGuffog Co-producers: Brian McGuffog, Jackson Allers Client: Iris/Conde Naste
- Documentary DP
Art Dubai Portraits: Abdul Rahman Katanani
Born in 1983 in the Sabra and Shatila refugee camp in Lebanon, Abdul Rahman Katanani spent his childhood painting, using the realities of the Palestinian refugees’ everyday life in the camp as his subject matter. Over the years, Palestine became a metaphor for themes of hope, homeland, resilience and displacement – issues that are currently globally pertinent.
- Documentary DP
Beirut Cafe Racers: In Benzin Veritas:
Above the door of the Beirut Cafe Racers garage is a chalkboard sign that reads “In Benzin Veritas” - Truth in Gasoline. Founded in 2014 by two young motorcycle enthusiasts -Beirut Cafe Racers has in 1-year become a hub for riders attracted to the no-nonsense approach of the shop owners - and the stripped down attitudes of the cafe racer culture. The film traces a 2-month bike build-out and reveal
- Documentary DP
Produced for Boomtown Productions
Traditional Water Harvesting: Al Amal Junior High School, Morocco
Zayed Sustainability Prize Winner 2020 Global High Schools category from the Middle East and North Africa. Al Amal Junior High School (Morocco) proposed a project focused on the provision of generating water through the use of clean energy which will be achieved through traditional water harvesting techniques that incorporate rainfall management as well as effective groundwater storage. With the prize money they will install solar panels to pump water from two new wells. Director: Jackson Allers Director of Photography: Rian Mcloughlin Producer: Leighla McGregor Production House: Boomtown Productions
- Non-Fiction Film Director
- Line Producer / On-Location
Equipment
Video
- Multiple cameras
- 4K video camera
Video
Audio
- External recorder
- Wireless lavalier mic
- Shotgun mic
Audio
Miscellaneous
- Lighting kit
Miscellaneous
All Services
Production Support
- Commercial DP
- News Shooter / Video Journalist
- Corporate Videographer
- Documentary DP
- Field Producer
- Non-Fiction Film Director
- Line Producer / On-Location
Production Support
Miscellaneous
- Immersive/Spatial Video Capture
Miscellaneous