Jack Highberger is a two-time regional Emmy® Award winning filmmaker and graduate of the American Film Institute Conservatory. His AFI thesis film CAROLINE was selected for the 2024 Yugo BAFTA Long List and premiered at AFI Fest.
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Jack's short documentary SPINA AMERICANA: A PHOTOGRAPHER’S JOURNEY made its world premiere at DOC NYC in November.
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The son of a Colorado rancher and a journalist, Jack spent ten years as a broadcast news reporter, where he covered many of the nation's largest stories–offering an unforgettable window into the human condition. In his films, he strives to dramatize complicated characters chasing often-complicated dreams–a pursuit he knows well.
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Jack earned an MFA in Directing from the AFI Conservatory and a BFA from the Walter Cronkite School of Journalism and Mass Communication at Arizona State University.
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