Sut Jhally
Known for
Directing
Birthplace
Kenya
Biography
Sut Jhally is Professor of Communication at the University of Massachusetts at Amherst and founder and Executive Director of the Media Education Foundation (MEF). He is one of the world's leading scholars looking at the role played by advertising and popular culture in the processes of social control and identity construction. The author of numerous books and articles on media (including The Codes of Advertising and Enlightened Racism) he is also an award-winning teacher (a recipient of the Distinguished Teaching Award at the University of Massachusetts, where the student newspaper has also voted him "Best professor"). In addition, he has been awarded the Distinguished Outreach Award, and wa...
Best known work
Peace, Propaganda & the Promised Land
2004
Reel Bad Arabs: How Hollywood Vilifies a People
2006
No Logo
2003
Killing Us Softly 4: Advertising's Image Of Women
2010
Hijacking Catastrophe: 9/11, Fear & the Selling of American Empire
2004
Killing Us Softly 3: Advertising's Image of Women
2000
The Occupation of the American Mind
2016
Tough Guise: Violence, Media & the Crisis in Masculinity
1999The Codes of Gender
2010
Capitalism Hits the Fan
2009Filmography
2024
Atrocity Inc.Director, Editor, Writer, Executive Producer
2022
Behind the Shield: The Power and Politics of the NFLExecutive Producer
2021
2020
The Man CardExecutive Producer
2018
The Bystander Moment: Transforming Rape Culture at its RootsExecutive Producer
2018
Digital DisconnectExecutive Producer
2018
Advertising at the Edge of the ApocalypseDirector, Writer, Editor
2017
Constructing the Terrorist Threat: Islamophobia, The Media & The War on TerrorDirector, Executive Producer
2016
The Occupation of the American Mindas Self - Professor, University of Massachusetts, Executive Producer
2015
GuylandProducer, Executive Producer, Camera Operator
2014
2013
Feeding Frenzy: The Food Industry, Obesity and the Creation of a Health Crisisas self, Executive Producer
2012
Flirting with Danger: Power & Choice in Heterosexual RelationshipsDirector, Editor, Producer
2010
The Codes of Genderas Himself, Writer, Director, Editor
2010
The Mean World SyndromeExecutive Producer
2010
Killing Us Softly 4: Advertising's Image Of WomenDirector, Editor
2010
2010
This Land Is Our LandDirector
2009
Capitalism Hits the FanDirector
2007
Dreamworlds 3: Desire, Sex, and Power in Music Videoas Himself (Narrator), Director, Editor, Writer
2007
2006
Reel Bad Arabs: How Hollywood Vilifies a PeopleDirector, Editor
2006
2004
2004