JESSIE ELIZABETH SEARS

Jessie Sears, a proud member of the Karuk tribe, is a producer, cinematographer, and photographer based in Portland, Oregon. She has worked on numerous films focusing on Indigenous communities and environmental and social justice. She is currently co-producer and additional cinematographer for The Caldera, following a proposed lithium mine in southeastern Oregon. She collaborated on the film Undamming Klamath, chronicling the Indigenous-led and largest river restoration in history. She is also a cinematographer for Oregon Public Broadcasting, contributing to their shows Oregon Experience, Superabundant, and Northwest Music. Jessie’s work spans documentary, commercial, and narrative projects, focusing on human connections and our unity with nature.