# Jerry Risius
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{{short description|American cinematographer and director}}
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| birth_place = [Buffalo Center, Iowa](/source/Buffalo_Center%2C_Iowa), U.S.
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'''Jerry Risius''' is an American [documentary film](/source/documentary_film) director and cinematographer.[{{Cite web|url=https://www.easthamptonstar.com/arts/2021107/small-town-local-paper-big-issues|title=Small Town, Local Paper, Big Issues|website=easthamptonstar.com|access-date=2023-09-01}}][{{Cite web|url=https://americanfilmshowcase.com/filmmakers/storm-lake-team/|title=BETH LEVISON/JERRY RISIUS (STORM LAKE)|website=americanfilmshowcase.com|access-date=2023-09-01}}][{{Cite web|url=https://www.c-span.org/video/?515877-1/qa-beth-levison-jerry-risius|title=Beth Levison and Jerry Risius|website=c-span.org|access-date=2023-09-01}}] He is an [Peabody Award](/source/Peabody_Awards) nominee and a three-time [Emmy Award](/source/Emmy_Awards) nominee.[{{Cite web|url=https://peabodyawards.com/award-profile/storm-lake/|title=Storm Lake|website=peabodyawards.com|access-date=2023-09-01}}][{{Cite web|url=https://www.emmys.com/bios/jerry-risius|title=Awards & Nominations|website=emmys.com|access-date=2023-09-01}}][{{Cite web|url=https://theemmys.tv/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/2021-42nd_News-Doc_Emmy_Awards-Nominations-Final-rev.-9.21.21.pdf|title=NOMINEES ANNOUNCED FOR THE 42ND ANNUAL NEWS & DOCUMENTARY EMMY AWARDS|website=theemmys.tv|access-date=2023-09-01}}]
==Life and career==
Risius was born in [Buffalo Center, Iowa](/source/Buffalo_Center%2C_Iowa), and he graduated from the [University of Iowa](/source/University_of_Iowa).[{{Cite web|url=https://www.desmoinesregister.com/story/life/2021/07/10/documentary-storm-lake-chronicles-cullen-familys-commitment-community-journalism/7886954002/|title=Documentary 'Storm Lake' chronicles Cullen family's commitment to community journalism|website=desmoinesregister.com|access-date=2023-09-01}}] From 2017 to 2021, he directed the independent feature documentary, ''[Storm Lake](/source/Storm_Lake_(film))'', along with [Beth Levison](/source/Beth_Levison), which premiered at the [Full Frame Documentary Film Festival](/source/Full_Frame_Documentary_Film_Festival), broadcast on PBS's ''[Independent Lens](/source/Independent_Lens)'' in 2022, and was nominated for a [Peabody Award](/source/Peabody_Awards) and a 2022 [News and Documentary Emmy Awards](/source/43rd_News_and_Documentary_Emmy_Awards).[{{Cite web|url=https://deadline.com/2022/04/2022-peabody-awards-nominations-list-1235001179/|title=Peabody Nominations Include ‘Summer Of Soul’, ‘Reservation Dogs’, ‘Colin In Black & White’, ‘Dopesick’, ‘Hacks’|website=[Deadline Hollywood](/source/Deadline_Hollywood)|access-date=2023-09-01}}][{{Cite web|url=https://www.salon.com/2021/11/15/in-the-pbs-doc-storm-lake-a-tiny-iowa-paper-for-the-future-of-high-quality-local-news/|title=In the PBS doc "Storm Lake," a tiny Iowa paper fights for the future of high-quality local news|website=salon.com|access-date=2023-09-01}}]
Risius is an Adjunct Faculty Professor for 15 years at the [School of Visual Arts](/source/School_of_Visual_Arts) in New York City.[{{Cite web|url=https://sva.edu/faculty/jerry-risius|title=Jerry Risius|website=sva.edu|access-date=2023-09-01}}]
==Selected filmography==
{|class="wikitable sortable"
|-
!Year
!Title
! Contribution
! Note
|-
|| 2024
| ''[Drop Dead City](/source/Drop_Dead_City)''
| Cinematographer
| Documentary
|-
|| 2023
| ''[Food, Inc. 2](/source/Food%2C_Inc._2)''
| Additional cinematographer
| Documentary
|-
|| 2022
| ''Director by Night''
| Cinematographer
| Documentary
|-
|| 2022
| ''Gutsy''
| Cinematographer
| 3 episodes
|-
|| 2022
| ''Earthstorm''
| Cinematography
| 1 episode
|-
|| 2021
| ''[Storm Lake](/source/Storm_Lake_(film))''
| Director and cinematographer
| Documentary
|-
|| 2020
| ''No Small Matter''
| Cinematographer
| Documentary
|-
|| 2020
| ''Denise Ho: Becoming the Song''
| Cinematographer
| Documentary
|-
|| 2019
| ''The Kingmaker''
| Cinematography
| Documentary
|-
|| 2018
| ''[Generation Wealth](/source/Generation_Wealth)''
| Cinematographer
| Documentary
|-
|| 2018
| ''[Seeing Allred](/source/Seeing_Allred)''
| Cinematographer
| Documentary
|-
|| 2016
| ''Pickle''
| Cinematographer
| Documentary
|-
|| 2014
| ''[Watchers of the Sky](/source/Watchers_of_the_Sky)''
| Cinematographer
| Documentary
|-
|| 2011
| ''[The Last Mountain](/source/The_Last_Mountain)''
| Cinematographer
| Documentary
|-
|| 2007
| ''[The Devil Came on Horseback](/source/The_Devil_Came_on_Horseback)''
| Cinematographer and field producer
| Documentary
|-
|| 2007
| ''[A Walk to Beautiful](/source/A_Walk_to_Beautiful)''
| Cinematographer
| TV show
|-
|| 2005–2018
| ''[Parts Unknown](/source/Anthony_Bourdain%3A_Parts_Unknown)'' and ''[Anthony Bourdain: No Reservations](/source/Anthony_Bourdain%3A_No_Reservations)''
| Cinematographer and director
| 50 episodes
|-
|}
==Awards and nominations==
{| class="wikitable"
|-
!Year
!Result
!Award
!Category
!Work
!Ref.
|-
|rowspan="5"|2021
|style="background: #ddffdd"| Won
|[AFI Docs Festival](/source/AFI_Docs)
|Audience Award
|rowspan="4"|''[Storm Lake](/source/Storm_Lake_(film))''
|[{{Cite web|url=https://www.afi.com/news/afi-docs-announces-2021-award-winners/|title=AFI DOCS Announces 2021 Award Winners|website=afi.com|access-date=2023-09-01}}]
|-
|style="background: #ddffdd"| Won
|[Woodstock Film Festival](/source/Woodstock_Film_Festival)
|Best Documentary Feature
|[{{Cite web|url=https://woodstockfilmfestival.org/2021-maverick-awards|title=22ND ANNUAL WOODSTOCK FILM FESTIVAL ANNOUNCES 2021 AWARD WINNERS|website=woodstockfilmfestival.org|access-date=2023-09-01}}]
|-
|style="background: #ffdddd"| Nominated
|[News and Documentary Emmy Awards](/source/43rd_News_and_Documentary_Emmy_Awards)
|Outstanding Business and Economic Documentary
|[{{Cite web|url=https://theemmys.tv/news/43rd-nominations/documentaries/|title=THE 43rd NEWS & DOCUMENTARY EMMYS|website=theemmys.tv|access-date=2023-09-01|archive-date=2023-03-26|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230326192950/https://theemmys.tv/news/43rd-nominations/documentaries/|url-status=dead}}]
|-
|style="background: #ffdddd"| Nominated
|[Peabody Awards](/source/Peabody_Awards)
|Documentary honorees
|[
|-
|style="background: #ffdddd"| Nominated
|News and Documentary Emmy Awards
|Outstanding Science and Technology Documentary
|''[Pandemic: How to Prevent an Outbreak](/source/Pandemic%3A_How_to_Prevent_an_Outbreak)''
|][
|-
|2018
|style="background: #ffdddd"| Nominated
|[Primetime Emmy Awards](/source/Primetime_Emmy_Awards)
|[Outstanding Cinematography for a Nonfiction Program](/source/Primetime_Emmy_Award_for_Outstanding_Cinematography_for_a_Nonfiction_Program)
|''[Anthony Bourdain: Parts Unknown](/source/Anthony_Bourdain%3A_Parts_Unknown)''
|][
|-
|2007
|style="background: #ffdddd"| Nominated
|News and Documentary Emmy Awards
|Outstanding Informational Programming – Long Form
|''[Anthony Bourdain: No Reservations](/source/Anthony_Bourdain%3A_No_Reservations)''
|][{{Cite web|url=https://www.imdb.com/event/ev0000493/2007/1/|title=News & Documentary Emmy Awards|website=imdb.com|access-date=2023-09-01}}]
|-
|}
==References==
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==External links==
* {{IMDb name|0728292|Jerry Risius}}
* {{Official website|https://www.jrisius.com}}
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