Director, School For Defectors
Jeremy Workman is a documentary filmmaker praised for creating a genre of uniquely cinematic character portraits that take viewers deep inside extraordinary worlds. His documentaries have garnered significant recognition, playing at major film festivals and seeing global releases in theaters, on television, and across streaming platforms.
His acclaimed films include SECRET MALL APARTMENT (streaming on Netflix), LILY TOPPLES THE WORLD (streaming on Max), DECIDING VOTE (streaming on The New Yorker), THE WORLD BEFORE YOUR FEET (streaming on Amazon Prime Video), and MAGICAL UNIVERSE (streaming on AMC+).
His most recent documentary, SCHOOL FOR DEFECTORS, tells the story of a small school in South Korea where all the students are North Korean defectors. He is also at work on his next film, WHIZ-BANG!, a madcap, chain-reaction-filled journey into the world of Rube Goldberg artists.