Also called: Ethnographic Filmmaker
Uses film and photography to document and study cultures.
Films a festival in a small town, interviews organizers, and edits a documentary used in museums and classrooms.
Estimate; often freelance.
Approximate: anchored on Bureau of Labor Statistics data for a broader job group.
Master's degree, about 6 years after high school. Master's in anthropology or film.
Ways in: 4-year college, Graduate school. Training cost: $60k – $150k.
Majors to look at: Anthropology, Film.
Growing about average (about 3% over 10 years). Estimate.
Medium risk for 10 years. AI video tools speed editing and generate imagery; filming real communities with consent and care stays human.
Classes: Film or video class, AP World History, Photography.
Official data: O*NET occupation 19-3091.
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