Dr. Jeremy Fackenthal
Senior Fellow
Jeremy Fackenthal is a researcher and filmmaker based in San Diego, CA. After finishing a PhD in philosophy of religion, Jeremy spent four years as an adjunct professor before turning to nonprofit work and freelance video work. In 2017 Jeremy directed a short documentary as a part of a Yale University grant examining spoken word art and community transformation among youth in South Boston. Around the same time Jeremy joined the staff of the Institute for Ecological Civilization. Over the last few years Jeremy has been able to work on projects ranging from short films, local economy initiatives, and conservation economies. In addition to these, client work has taken Jeremy to Panama, Mexico, Malaysia, South Africa, Hungary, and Ukraine to film documentary-style promotional content for nonprofits and relief agencies. Jeremy won second place in a grant competition as an Emerging Artist in 2024 for the What Did You Drag Me Into? documentary film project by the OUT at the Movies International Film Festival in Winston-Salem, North Carolina.
- Windly and JFack Productions (2023-present) - Nonprofit Co-Founder, Filmmaker, Researcher
- Institute for Ecological Civilization (2017-2023) - Managing Director
- Common Good International Film Festival (2019-2023) - Festival Director
- Reimagining Theological Education (2014-2016) - Managing Director
- Vincennes University (2011-2018) - Adjunct Professor
- Conservation economies
- Wellbeing economies
- Community-based conservation
- Critical theory
- Film studies
Publications prior to joining the RIFS
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Practicing Trust. Short documentary film. Director and Cinematographer. (2025).
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Rebuilding to a US Wellbeing Economy: 5 Principles for Guiding Economic Recovery and Policy Action. Amanda Janoo, Jeremy Fackenthal, Andrew Schwartz, Isabel Nuesse, and Claire Sommer (Wellbeing Economy Alliance, 2020).
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Whitehead and Continental Philosophy in the Twenty-first Century: Dislocations. Editor. (Lexington Books, 2019).
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Spitting Fire: a Film About Practicing Freedom. Director and Cinematographer. (2018).
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Practicing Trust. Short documentary film. Director and Cinematographer. (2025).
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Rebuilding to a US Wellbeing Economy: 5 Principles for Guiding Economic Recovery and Policy Action. Amanda Janoo, Jeremy Fackenthal, Andrew Schwartz, Isabel Nuesse, and Claire Sommer (Wellbeing Economy Alliance, 2020).
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Whitehead and Continental Philosophy in the Twenty-first Century: Dislocations. Editor. (Lexington Books, 2019).
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Spitting Fire: a Film About Practicing Freedom. Director and Cinematographer. (2018).
- “Eco Films and Process Aesthetics,” presented at “50th Anniversary Conference for the Center for Process Studies,” Claremont, CA, 15-17 February 2023.
- “Bioregional Governance Models for Circular Economy: A Multistakeholder Approach,” presented at Urban Rural Partnerships 2020, Leipzig, Germany, 25-27 November 2020.
- “Bioregionalism and Sustainability,” presented at “12th International Whitehead Conference,” University of Brasilia, 27-30 August 2019
- Emerging Artist Grant Competition, Second Place for “What Did You Drag Me Into? The Flamy Grant Story.” OUT at the Movies International Film Festival, 2024.