Graham Sack

Graham Sack is a Lecturer at the Johns Hopkins Berman Institute of Bioethics and the Film & Media Graduate Program. He is an award-winning filmmaker, academic, and new media creator, specializing in the intersection of narrative, scientific discovery, and emerging technologies like VR/AR. He holds a PhD in Comparative Literature from Columbia University, an MSc in Economics from the London School of Economics, and a BA in Physics from Harvard College.

• Education: PhD Columbia University (Comparative Literature), MSc LSE (Economics), BA Harvard (Physics)

His research explores ethical challenges in biotechnologies (e.g., CRISPR, brain-computer interfaces) and computational methods for narrative analysis. He founded Chronotope Films and developed projects like Lincoln in the Bardo (NYT VR), The Interpretation of Dreams (Samsung VR), and objects in mirror AR (Tribeca Storyscapes). He also serves as the inaugural Dracopoulos-Bloomberg iDeas Lab Fellow.

• Awards: Sundance Sloan Fellowship, Emmy Nomination, Hollywood Blacklist

Graham has been supported by grants from Google, Samsung, and the Rockefeller Foundation. He has held roles including Mellon Postdoctoral Fellow at Washington University and Visiting Scholar at the University of Notre Dame. His academic work appears in journals like Complexity and the Human Experience and conferences such as AAAI.

He leads initiatives in immersive storytelling at JHU and teaches Digital Humanities at Columbia University. His creative projects blend theater, film, and technology, addressing themes of aging, attention, and ethical dilemmas in biotechnology.