Jacen Sievers
- Camera and Electrical Department
- Cinematographer
- Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Jacen Sievers is a narrative cinematographer and recent graduate from
the Film School at Scottsdale Community College. Since 2011, he has
shot a number of short projects of varying production levels, including
Anxiety, a short dramatic horror about a child haunted by the physical
manifestation of his fears, and Helsing, a dramatic deconstruction of
the famed vampire hunter set in a modern era. He was also chosen by the
SCC faculty to mentor cinematography students taking one of the
program's most advanced courses. Having developed an interest in
photography and storytelling at an early age, Jacen gravitated toward
motion pictures and the art of cinematography, pursuing a college
education in film starting in 2011. By 2012, he released his
directorial debut, Witness, a short film of which he also shot. It won
several awards at the SCC Film Festival in sound design, music
composition, and the dramatic genre. Most importantly, it set the tone
for a visual style that has since defined his work. Inspired by the
natural beauty that characterize documentaries while drawing upon the
chic and stylized sheen found in his portrait photography, Jacen views
every cinematic frame as an independent photograph with its own
narrative, that, when streamed together, tells a greater story.