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Award winning filmmaker Issac Goeckeritz is an accomplished producer, director, cinematographer and researcher. His passion to use film as a medium to teach, inspire, and educate has earned the attention and respect of many individuals and organizations.
Goeckeritz’s professional career began with his film Michael: The Story of a Shaken Baby. The documentary about a young boy suffering from the effects of Shaken Baby Syndrome is now used nationwide in an effort to reduce Shaken Baby Syndrome in children.
In the last four years Goeckeritz has produced two full-length documentaries, Ogden: Junction City of the West and Uintah United. Ogden: Junction City of the West was awarded Utah Best of State in 2008, and currently airs on Utah PBS Television. Uintah United was also awarded a Utah Best of State award in 2009, currently airs on Utah PBS Television, and will begin airing on KBYU television this winter. For his documentary research Goeckeritz was recognized as a Governors Scholar by former Utah State Governor Jon Huntsman. His current project, Pimp this Bum, will be premiering in the spring of 2010.
In the community Goeckeritz has donated his time and resources to produce films for Habitat for Humanity, Global Relief Fund, the Christa McAuliffe Children’s Space Education Center, the Massachusetts Homeless Veterans Homestead, The Cathedral of the Madeleine, the Utah State Railroad Museum, The Mormon Tabernacle Choir, United Way and has filmed in Africa for two humanitarian organizations.
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