Sut Jhally

Sut Jhally

Directing
Kenya 41 credits
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Sut Jhally is Professor of Communication at the University of Massachusetts at Amherst and founder and Executive Director of the Media Education Foundation (MEF). He is one of the world's leading scholars looking at the role played by advertising and popular culture in the processes of social control and identity construction. The author of numerous books and articles on media (including The Codes of Advertising and Enlightened Racism) he is also an award-winning teacher (a recipient of the Distinguished Teaching Award at the University of Massachusetts, where the student newspaper has also voted him "Best professor"). In addition, he has been awarded the Distinguished Outreach Award, and was selected to deliver a Distinguished Faculty Lecture in 2007. He is best known as the producer and director of a number of films and videos (including Dreamworlds: Desire/Sex/Power in Music Video; Tough Guise: Media, Violence and the Crisis of Masculinity; and Hijacking Catastrophe: 9/11, Fear & the Selling of American Empire) that deal with issues ranging from gender, sexuality and race to commercialism, violence and politics. Born in Kenya, raised in England, and educated in graduate studies in Canada, he currently lives in Northampton, Massachusetts.
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Filmography
Directing 26 credits
Killing Us Softly 3: Advertising's Image of Women
Killing Us Softly 3: Advertising's Image of Women
2000 · Director
Tough Guise: Violence, Media & the Crisis in Masculinity
Tough Guise: Violence, Media & the Crisis in Masculinity
1999 · Director
Atrocity Inc.
Atrocity Inc.
2024 · Director, Writer, Executive Producer
Consumerism & the Limits to Imagination
Consumerism & the Limits to Imagination
2014 · Director
The Codes of Gender
The Codes of Gender
2010 · Director, Writer, Himself
No Logo
No Logo
2003 · Director
bell hooks: Cultural Criticism & Transformation
bell hooks: Cultural Criticism & Transformation
1997 · Director, Producer
Stuart Hall: Representation & the Media
Stuart Hall: Representation & the Media
1997 · Director, Producer, Himself
This Land Is Our Land
This Land Is Our Land
2010 · Director
Killing Us Softly 4: Advertising's Image Of Women
Killing Us Softly 4: Advertising's Image Of Women
2010 · Director, Editor
Capitalism Hits the Fan
Capitalism Hits the Fan
2009 · Director
Peace, Propaganda & the Promised Land
Peace, Propaganda & the Promised Land
2004 · Director
Reel Bad Arabs: How Hollywood Vilifies a People
Reel Bad Arabs: How Hollywood Vilifies a People
2006 · Director, Editor
Advertising and the End of the World
Advertising and the End of the World
1998 · Director, Writer, Producer
Edward Said On Orientalism: "The Orient" Represented in Mass Media
Edward Said On Orientalism: "The Orient" Represented in Mass Media
1998 · Director
Advertising at the Edge of the Apocalypse
Advertising at the Edge of the Apocalypse
2018 · Director, Writer, Editor
Hijacking Catastrophe: 9/11, Fear & the Selling of American Empire
Hijacking Catastrophe: 9/11, Fear & the Selling of American Empire
2004 · Director
Stuart Hall: Race, The Floating Signifier
Stuart Hall: Race, The Floating Signifier
1997 · Director
Dreamworlds 3: Desire, Sex, and Power in Music Video
Dreamworlds 3: Desire, Sex, and Power in Music Video
2007 · Director, Writer, Himself (Narrator)
Flirting with Danger: Power & Choice in Heterosexual Relationships
Flirting with Danger: Power & Choice in Heterosexual Relationships
2012 · Director, Producer, Editor
Constructing the Terrorist Threat: Islamophobia, The Media & The War on Terror
Constructing the Terrorist Threat: Islamophobia, The Media & The War on Terror
2017 · Director, Executive Producer
Asking For It: the Ethics & Erotics of Sexual Consent
Asking For It: the Ethics & Erotics of Sexual Consent
2010 · Director
Edward Said: The Myth of "The Clash of Civilizations”
Edward Said: The Myth of "The Clash of Civilizations”
1998 · Director
On 'Orientalism'
On 'Orientalism'
1998 · Director
Stuart Hall: Through the Prism of an Intellectual Life
Stuart Hall: Through the Prism of an Intellectual Life
2021 · Director
Wrestling with Manhood
Wrestling with Manhood
2003 · Director, Writer
Producing 20 credits
The Occupation of the American Mind
The Occupation of the American Mind
2016 · Executive Producer, Self - Professor, University of Massachusetts
Behind the Shield: The Power and Politics of the NFL
Behind the Shield: The Power and Politics of the NFL
2022 · Executive Producer
Atrocity Inc.
Atrocity Inc.
2024 · Director, Writer, Executive Producer
Money for Nothing: Behind the Business of Pop Music
Money for Nothing: Behind the Business of Pop Music
2001 · Executive Producer
Guyland
Guyland
2015 · Executive Producer, Producer, Camera Operator
bell hooks: Cultural Criticism & Transformation
bell hooks: Cultural Criticism & Transformation
1997 · Director, Producer
Stuart Hall: Representation & the Media
Stuart Hall: Representation & the Media
1997 · Director, Producer, Himself
Rich Media, Poor Democracy
Rich Media, Poor Democracy
2003 · Executive Producer
Behind the Screens, Hollywood Goes Hypercommercial
Behind the Screens, Hollywood Goes Hypercommercial
2000 · Executive Producer
Playing Unfair
Playing Unfair
2002 · Executive Producer
Game Over: Gender, Race & Violence in Video Games
Game Over: Gender, Race & Violence in Video Games
2000 · Executive Producer
Feeding Frenzy: The Food Industry, Obesity and the Creation of a Health Crisis
Feeding Frenzy: The Food Industry, Obesity and the Creation of a Health Crisis
2013 · Executive Producer, self
The Mean World Syndrome
The Mean World Syndrome
2010 · Executive Producer
Advertising and the End of the World
Advertising and the End of the World
1998 · Director, Writer, Producer
Digital Disconnect
Digital Disconnect
2018 · Executive Producer
The Man Card
The Man Card
2020 · Executive Producer
Freedom of Expression: Resistance & Repression in the Age of Intellectual Property
Freedom of Expression: Resistance & Repression in the Age of Intellectual Property
2007 · Executive Producer
Flirting with Danger: Power & Choice in Heterosexual Relationships
Flirting with Danger: Power & Choice in Heterosexual Relationships
2012 · Director, Producer, Editor
Constructing the Terrorist Threat: Islamophobia, The Media & The War on Terror
Constructing the Terrorist Threat: Islamophobia, The Media & The War on Terror
2017 · Director, Executive Producer
The Bystander Moment: Transforming Rape Culture at its Roots
The Bystander Moment: Transforming Rape Culture at its Roots
2018 · Executive Producer
Other credits 9 credits
Atrocity Inc.
Atrocity Inc.
2024 · Director, Writer, Executive Producer
The Codes of Gender
The Codes of Gender
2010 · Director, Writer, Himself
Stuart Hall: Representation & the Media
Stuart Hall: Representation & the Media
1997 · Director, Producer, Himself
Killing Us Softly 4: Advertising's Image Of Women
Killing Us Softly 4: Advertising's Image Of Women
2010 · Director, Editor
Reel Bad Arabs: How Hollywood Vilifies a People
Reel Bad Arabs: How Hollywood Vilifies a People
2006 · Director, Editor
Advertising and the End of the World
Advertising and the End of the World
1998 · Director, Writer, Producer
Advertising at the Edge of the Apocalypse
Advertising at the Edge of the Apocalypse
2018 · Director, Writer, Editor
Dreamworlds 3: Desire, Sex, and Power in Music Video
Dreamworlds 3: Desire, Sex, and Power in Music Video
2007 · Director, Writer, Himself (Narrator)
Flirting with Danger: Power & Choice in Heterosexual Relationships
Flirting with Danger: Power & Choice in Heterosexual Relationships
2012 · Director, Producer, Editor
Writing 7 credits
Atrocity Inc.
Atrocity Inc.
2024 · Director, Writer, Executive Producer
The Codes of Gender
The Codes of Gender
2010 · Director, Writer, Himself
Advertising and the End of the World
Advertising and the End of the World
1998 · Director, Writer, Producer
Big Bucks Big Pharma - Marketing Disease and Pushing Drugs
Big Bucks Big Pharma - Marketing Disease and Pushing Drugs
2006 · Writer
Advertising at the Edge of the Apocalypse
Advertising at the Edge of the Apocalypse
2018 · Director, Writer, Editor
Dreamworlds 3: Desire, Sex, and Power in Music Video
Dreamworlds 3: Desire, Sex, and Power in Music Video
2007 · Director, Writer, Himself (Narrator)
Wrestling with Manhood
Wrestling with Manhood
2003 · Director, Writer
Acting 6 credits
The Occupation of the American Mind
The Occupation of the American Mind
2016 · Executive Producer, Self - Professor, University of Massachusetts
The Codes of Gender
The Codes of Gender
2010 · Director, Writer, Himself
Guyland
Guyland
2015 · Executive Producer, Producer, Camera Operator
Stuart Hall: Representation & the Media
Stuart Hall: Representation & the Media
1997 · Director, Producer, Himself
Feeding Frenzy: The Food Industry, Obesity and the Creation of a Health Crisis
Feeding Frenzy: The Food Industry, Obesity and the Creation of a Health Crisis
2013 · Executive Producer, self
Dreamworlds 3: Desire, Sex, and Power in Music Video
Dreamworlds 3: Desire, Sex, and Power in Music Video
2007 · Director, Writer, Himself (Narrator)
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