Structure Films
Jason Sussberg is a Bay-Area based documentary filmmaker and director at Structure Films, where he and his filmmaking partner David Alvarado specialize in Cinema for Science. Like Phil Ochs, he is a card carrying union member (Writers Guild of America), making art about our modern times. Unlike Ochs, he can’t carry a tune but instead carries a microphone. He has produced and directed several theatrical documentaries that have broadcast on PBS and streamed on Netflix, Apple TV, & Amazon. His titles include “The Immortalists” (2014), “Bill Nye: Science Guy” (2017), and “We Are As Gods” (2021). He has written and directed episodes for NOVA on PBS: “Your Brain: Who’s in Control?” (Season 50) and “Secrets in Your Data” (Season 51). Jason most recently wrote and produced the film trilogy “Matter of Mind” (2023-2025) on PBS’s Independent Lens. He and Alvarado are now directing the forthcoming “All Shall Be Saved” (2027), about the existential threats facing the Internet Archive. Jason grew up in Grass Valley California and lives in the Bay Area. He graduated from UC Santa Cruz (‘04) with a degree in Film & Digital Media, and earned an MFA from Stanford in Documentary Film. He was a producer/editor for the San Francisco Giants and Golden State Warriors from 2005-2008, working in his preferred medium: Jumbotron.
