---
name: "Jake Swantko"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/jake-swantko"
fi1m_id: "jake-swantko"
imdb_id: "nm5448424"
tmdb_id: 1731972
wikidata_id: "Q60745550"
roles: ["Producer"]
reviewed_on_fi1m: 2
average_fi1m_score: 74
average_as: "producer"
average_over: 2
updated: "2026-10-02T23:57:04.778632+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
---

# Jake Swantko

## Identity

Jake Swantko

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/jake-swantko
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** jake-swantko
- **IMDb ID:** nm5448424
- **TMDB ID:** 1731972
- **Wikidata ID:** Q60745550
- **Same entity:** https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q60745550, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm5448424/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1731972

Producer.

## Details

- **Work:** Producer
- **Active:** 2017–present
- **Frequently works with:** [Bryan Fogel](https://film.one/person/bryan-fogel.md), [Mark Monroe](https://film.one/person/mark-monroe.md)
- **Average Fi1m score:** 74, as producer, over 2 titles
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 2010s 76 (1), 2020s 72 (1)
- **Elsewhere:** https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q60745550, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm5448424/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1731972

## Streaming the US now

- **Netflix:** [*Icarus*](https://film.one/film/icarus.md) (76)
- **The Roku Channel:** [*The Dissident*](https://film.one/film/the-dissident.md) (72)

For United States; add `?region=XX` for another country.

## Biography

Jake Swantko is a cinematographer and producer. He graduated from the University of Oregon with a degree in journalism and communications in 2011, later transitioning into documentary filmmaking.

Swantko served as director of photography and associate producer on *Icarus* (2017), which won the Academy Award for Best Documentary Feature. He worked again with director Bryan Fogel as director of photography and producer on *The Dissident* (2020), which received a BAFTA nomination. His other credits include *Icarus: The Aftermath* (2022) and *Titan: The OceanGate Submersible Disaster* (2025).

Based in New York City, Swantko has contributed to multiple Sundance-premiering documentaries and television projects including PBS *Frontline*.

*Sources: imdb.com, journalism.uoregon.edu, klcc.org.*

## On Fi1m (2)

- *The Dissident* (2020), Fi1m 72, Producer — [page](https://film.one/film/the-dissident.md)
- *Icarus* (2017), Fi1m 76, Director of Photography, Associate Producer, Cinematography — [page](https://film.one/film/icarus.md)

## Complete filmography (5)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *Titan: The OceanGate Submersible Disaster* (2025), Director of Photography
- *Defiant* (2023), Director of Photography
- *The Dissident* (2020), Producer — Fi1m 72, [page](https://film.one/film/the-dissident.md)
- *Icarus* (2017), Director of Photography, Associate Producer — Fi1m 76, [page](https://film.one/film/icarus.md)
- *The Row*, Producer, Director of Photography

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