Summary
Drew Xanthopoulos is the Emmy-nominated director and cinematographer of the Emmy-winning AppleTV+ feature documentary and the award-winning feature documentary (Tribeca, CIFF, Big Sky, Thessaloniki 2017).
Fathom was also shortlisted for a British Documentary Award, won the Best International Film Award at the International Festival of Science Doc Films (AFO), and was showcased by the National Academy of Sciences. The Sensitives received an Honorable Mention for the Vision Award at the Camden International Film Festival, was showcased by the Big Sky Documentary Film Festival and won the Points North Pitch Forum.
His collaborations as a freelance cinematographer have premiered at Sundance, Berlinale, Chicago Int’l Film Festival, and SXSW and have been distributed by PBS, Netflix, ESPN, CNN, National Geographic and IMAX. He has been fortunate to have shot for directors including Richard Linklater and Terrence Malick.
Drew has been a fellow of both the Sundance Institute and Tribeca Film Institute. He is an assistant professor of film and media production at the 夜色视频 and has also taught or lectured at Harvard University, Montana State University, the University of Southern California, the Big Sky Film Institute and the University of Texas at Austin.
Courses taught:
- JOUR 462/662: Documentary Filmmaking
- JOUR 756: Storytelling II: Multimedia
Recent work:
- Director/DP, “My Friend the Bear,” feature documentary, 90 min., in production
- Director/DP, "Fathom," feature documentary, 86 min., 2021
- Director/DP, "The Sensitives," feature documentary, 82 min., 2017
Education
- M.F.A. Film & Media Production, University of Texas at Austin
- B.A. Anthropology, University of Florida