Dewitt Jones
{{Short description|American photojournalist and filmmaker}}
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Dewitt Jones is an American professional photographer, writer, film director and public speaker, who is known for his work as a freelance photojournalist for National Geographic[https://web.archive.org/web/20100414233134/http://travel.nationalgeographic.com/travel/national-parks/redwood-national-park/ National Geographic Article] and his column in Outdoor Photographer Magazine.[http://www.outdoorphotographer.com/columns/basic-jones.html Outdoor Photographer Basic Jones Column] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111223234316/http://www.outdoorphotographer.com/columns/basic-jones.html |date=2011-12-23 }} He produced and directed two films nominated for Academy Awards: Climb (1974), nominated for Best Live Action Short Film, and John Muir's High Sierra (1974), nominated for Best Short Subject Documentary.[https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0427925/awards IMDB Awards page for Dewitt Jones]{{cite web |url=http://awardsdatabase.oscars.org/Search/Nominations?awardShowFrom=47&view=3-Award%20Category-Chron |title=1974 results |website=oscars.org |date= |accessdate=2018-05-04 }}{{Dead link|date=November 2019 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }} He has published several books.
Work
His column, Basic Jones, has appeared in Outdoor Photographer magazine for over 18 years. In it, Dewitt explores the spiritual side of photography.[http://www.outdoorphotographer.com/columns/basic-jones.html Outdoor Photographer Basic Jones Column] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111223234316/http://www.outdoorphotographer.com/columns/basic-jones.html |date=2011-12-23 }}
Dewitt has also produced a number of training films including Celebrate What's Right with the World and Everyday Creativity.
Education
He is a cum laude graduate of Dartmouth College with a B.A. in Drama and holds a master's degree in filmmaking from UCLA.
Awards and legacy
Dewitt is the recipient of the Sierra Club's Ansel Adams Award for Conservation Photography which honors "superlative photography that has been used to further conservation causes".Ansel Adams Award 1983
His 1974 film Climb was preserved by the Academy Film Archive in 2013.{{cite web|title=Preserved Projects|url=https://www.oscars.org/academy-film-archive/preserved-projects?title=climb&filmmaker=&category=All&collection=All|website=Academy Film Archive}}
Books and articles
He has written nine books: California!, Visions of Wilderness, What the Road Passes By, Robert Frost - A Tribute to the Source, Canyon Country, John Muir's High Sierra, and The Nature of Leadership which was created with Stephen R. Covey.
Bibliography
- {{cite book
| last = Jones
| first = Dewitt
|author2=Judith Morgan
| title = California!
| publisher = Graphic Arts Center Publishing
| year =1989
| isbn = 1-55868-014-4
}}
- {{cite book |last = Jones
|first = Dewitt
|author2 = Loren Eiseley
|title = Visions of Wilderness
|publisher = Graphic Arts Center Publishing
|year = 1980
|isbn = 0-912856-62-9
|url = https://archive.org/details/visionsofwildern00jone
}}
- {{cite book
| last = Jones
| first = Dewitt
|author2=Edited by Eleanor Huggins
| title = What The Road Passes By
| publisher = Graphic Arts Center Publishing
| year = 1978
| isbn = 0-912856-47-5
}}
- {{cite book
| last = Jones
| first = Dewitt
| author2 = Poems by Robert Frost
| author3 = Text by David Bradley
| title = Robert Frost - A Tribute To The Source
| publisher = Henry Holt & Company
| year = 1979
| isbn = 0-03-046326-2
| url = https://archive.org/details/robertfrosttribu00fros
}}
- {{cite book
| last = Jones
| first = Dewitt
|author2=Stephen Trimble
| title = Canyon Country
| publisher = Graphic Arts Center Publishing
| year = 1986
| isbn = 0-932575-07-2
}}
- {{cite book
| last = Jones
| first = Dewitt
|author2=Tom H. Watkins
| title = John Muir's America
| publisher = Graphic Arts Center Publishing
| year = 1991
| isbn = 0-912856-64-5
}}
- {{cite book
| last = Jones
| first = Dewitt
|author2=A. Roger Merril |author3=Stephen R Covey
| title = The Nature of Leadership
| publisher = [Franklin Covey Company]
| year = 1998
| isbn = 1-883219-90-6
}}
References
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External links
- [http://www.dewittjones.com Dewitt Jones Productions, Inc]
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Category:American documentary filmmakers
Category:American photojournalists
Category:National Geographic Society
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