UC SANTA BARBARA

Head of Production

Chris Jenkins

Office Hours

Wednesdays 10:30 – Noon.

Biography

Chris has been behind the lens of several notable documentaries including Sierra Leone’s Refugee All StarsThe Matador, RiverwebsCAFWA, Marley and Lost Crops. His work has aired on Netflix, PBS, NHK, A&E, Discovery, The History Channel, Travel Channel and Sundance Channel, among others. Prior to receiving his Masters degree in Documentary Film & Video from Stanford University, Chris was in East Africa as a United Nations Volunteer and in southern Chile as an Ambassadorial Scholar.

In the News:

Film & Media instructor awarded Alex Trebek Legacy Fellowship

Coastal Media Project screens environmental documentaries at Pollock Theater

Coastal Media Project student documentaries to screen at Santa Barbara International Film Festival

Adventuresome Filmmaking Meets Theory, Technique, and Environmental Education at UC Santa Barbara

Track Star

Vera Cruz

True Stories

The Art of Sound

Top 50 Film Schools

Emerging Filmmakers

SBIFF Shines Light on Local Filmmakers

Science vs. Cinema

Lights, Camera, Action

 

 

Education

  • Masters Documentary Film & VideoStanford University
  • Ambassadorial Scholar Photography Universidád de Concepción, Chile
  • Bachelor's of Fine Arts Bronze Sculpture and Oil PaintingUniversity of Wyoming

Courses

106A: Crew Production

Instructor

Chris Jenkins

Term

Winter 2024

Research Interests

112: Lighting for the Moving Image

Instructor

Chris Jenkins

Term

Spring 2023

Research Interests

118LP: Launch Pad - W23

Instructor

Chris Jenkins

Term

Winter 2023

112: Lighting for the Moving Image

Instructor

Chris Jenkins

Term

Fall 2024

Research Interests