Jonathan K. Yi

Jonathan Yi is an Assistant Arts Professor at the Tisch School of the Arts Undergraduate Film & Television program. An alumni of the program in 2005, and an adjunct instructor since 2009, Jonathan is also a director for Alkemy X. 

His feature "Mad Tiger" was called "one of the top 10 documentaries to watch" by Indiewire. It picked up multiple film festival awards and went on to screen in theaters around the world. Jonathan directed HBO's multiple-award winning series "East of Main Street" and Nickelodeon's "All That." He is the Director of Photography of the feature "Goodnight Brooklyn: The Story of Death By Audio" which made its World Premiere in competition at SXSW. He has shot music videos for legendary artists such as Paul McCartney, Twisted Sister, Poison, Andrew WK, and Daniel Johnston. He directed One America Appeal, which brought together five living former U.S. Presidents in one PSA for the first time in history.

Jonathan served as Technical Advisor for Canon USA in the development of Cinema EOS and the C300. His promo video helped launch the C300 to be the most popular camera in the world within its first year on the market. Yi is an early adopter of virtual production and XR, leveraging his experience from working in video game production (Rock Band), motion capture (Chicago 10), and animation (Little Einsteins, Codename: Kids Next Door) blended with his experience as a live-action Director of Photography. His cutting edge production techniques were written about by POST Magazine as a new way forward in a post pandemic world. Yi is the recipient of multiple ADDY and AICP Awards spanning three decades, and his work has been covered by Variety, VICE, Rolling Stone, The New York Times, Creativity, and The Hollywood Reporter.

Courses

Sight & Sound: Filmmaking
Camera I
Camera II

EDUCATION

B.F.A.. New York University, Tisch School of the Arts, Film & Television