Recorded over six years, Raising Bertie delivers an authentic and tender portrait of the lives of three young boys as they face a precarious coming of age within Bertie County, a rural African-American community in North Carolina.
A co-production of Kartemquin Films and Beti Films. The film is funded in part by the MacArthur Foundation and Ford Foundation. Broadcast premiere was on PBS POV in 2017
Director: Margaret Byrne
DP | Producer: Jon Stuyvesant
Producer: Ian Kibbe
Editor: Leslie Simmer
A true story about 3 dogs, 2 friends, and law & order.
The first story for StuyStack
🎥 ✍️ 🎤 -- @jonstuyvesant
🐶 -- @bearlysmiling and @kiriandwaffle
Friend: @NicePassProductions
Music 🎶 compliments of -- @AriesBeats many thanks 🙏
A short documentary for the new memoir The Electric Woman by Tessa Fontaine.
In bookstores May 2018.
For more info: www.tessafontaine.com/
Published by Farrar, Straus & Giroux
Director/DP/Editor - Jon Stuyvesant
Second Camera - Jeff Johnson
Gaffer - Nat Aguilar
Sound Mix - Michael Bergman
Production Assistant - Elijah Crocker
Masterfully told with pointy precision, AMERICAN PROMISE spans 12 years in the lives of two middle class black families as they navigate their family experience when they choose to send their two young sons to a prestigious Manhattan private school.
PBS premiere 2014
Sundance Film Festival (2013) – U.S. Documentary Special Jury Award for Achievement in Filmmaking
Produced by: Rada Studio
Directors: Joe and Michelle Stephenson
Co-Director of Photography: Jon Stuyvesant
🎤 blicky_bobbyBrooklyn NY at Rabbit Hole BK first show of Unalive from Brooklyn 2025
DP | Edit | Color: Jon Stuyvesant
Second Camera: Johnny Rodriguez
A short animation inspired by the amazing paper dolls created by Katherine Allen and the stories friends told me.
Storytellers:
Jen Davis
Ben Moskowitz
Evie Collette
Violet Ogbah
Fabian Beltran
Director | DP | Editor | Painter: Jon Stuyvesant
Established in 1980 and proudly handcrafted in the city of Big Shoulders -- Chicago. Watch Responsibly.
COS 🎥 - @jonstuyvesant
Chief Logo Officer 🎨 - @peabe - IG -www.bryanodiamar.com
Music 🎶 compliments of - @AriesBeats many thanks 🙏
Fresh Daily in Brooklyn promoting his new album Quiet Life 2
🎤Fresh Daily Spotify
Fresh Daily Art
DP | Edit | Color: Jon Stuyvesant
The #ChicagoPeacePin project is meant to bring awareness to the violence affecting communities in the Chicagoland area. All the profits from the sale of the #ChicagoPeacePin went to organizations focused on helping communities affected by the gun violence.
It was a collaboration with the following beautiful people:
Bryan Odiamar aka Peabe
Jamielyn Costes
DP | Edit | Color: Jon Stuyvesant
On June 7, 2020 in Brooklyn I came upon a protest in a park. The crowd was being led by young people aka @kidspeacemovement There was a young man who was given a microphone and began to lead the crowd in a protest song. I was incredibly moved by both his words and the crowd that joined him. I was witnessing a gathering that was created with the intent of inspiring love and community.
Video Installation for Grizzly Show in New York at Rubulad art space. All the work from the show was inspired by the documentary Project Grizzly by Peter Lynch.
Collaboration with Paul Burn - www.paulburn.net This video lived inside of a bear cave made by Paul Burn.
DP | Edit | Color | Bad Actor: Jon Stuyvesant
A mini-doc for the Academy of Dermatology's Camp Discovery.
Directed: Margaret Byrne
DP: Jon Stuyvesant
A book trailer for Sloane Crosley's book "I Was Told There'd Be Cake" - http://amzn.to/28U9tXx
Hand: Henry Pryl
DP | Edit | Color | Singer-Songwrtier: Jon Stuyvesant
On July 5th, 2020 I held a yard sale in Bedstuy, Brooklyn. All the proceeds from the sale were donated to local BLM / community organizations. This poster and video is a document of that day.
Thanks to all that bought something and thank you Brooklyn.
Your friend and fan,
Jon
DP | Edit | Color | Painted: Jon Stuyvesant
A small sample of my work, please enjoy.
I love collaborating so please say hello.
www.jonstuyvesant.com
DP | Edit | Color: Jon Stuyvesant
Music is a mix of:
"Miracle" - Donnie Trumpet and the Social Experiment -
https://soundcloud.com/nicosegal/miracle?in=nicosegal/sets/surf
&
"Hey Ya" Remix - Sweater Beats and KAMAU -
Fresh Daily in Brooklyn promoting his album Quiet Life 2
🎤 Fresh Daily Spotify
Fresh Daily Art
DP | Edit | Color: Jon Stuyvesant
Fresh Daily in Brooklyn promoting his new album Quiet Life 2
🎤Fresh Daily Spotify
Fresh Daily Art
DP | Edit | Color: Jon Stuyvesant