Department of Film & Media Studies Jeremy S. Levine Hunter College - CUNY 26 Halsey St., Apt. 3 695 Park Ave, Rm. 433 HN Brooklyn, NY 11216 New York, NY 10065 Phone: 978-578-0273 Phone: 212-772-4949 [email protected] Fax: 212-650-3619 jeremyslevine.com EDUCATION M.F.A. Integrated Media Arts, Department of Film & Media Studies, Hunter College, expected May 2020 Thesis Title: The Life of Dan, Thesis Advisor: Kelly Anderson, Distinctions: S&W Scholarship, GPA: 4.0 B.S. Television-Radio: Documentary Studies, Park School of Communications, Ithaca College, 2006 Distinctions: Magna Cum Laude, Park Scholarship EMPLOYMENT Hunter College, 2019 Adjunct Assistant Professor, Department of Film & Media Studies Taught two undergraduate sections of Intro to Media Studies in spring 2019, averaging 6.22 out of 7 in the “overall” category in student evaluations, and teaching two sections of Intro to Media Production for undergraduates in fall 2019. Brooklyn Filmmakers Collective, 2006 – Present Co-Founder, Advisory Board Member Co-founded organization dedicated to nurturing groundbreaking films, generative feedback, and supportive community. Recent member films screened at the NYFF, Sundance, and Viennale, broadcast on Showtime, HBO, and PBS, and received awards from Sundance, Slamdance, and Tribeca. Curators from Criterion, BAM, Vimeo, The Human Rights Watch Film Festival, and Art 21 programmed a series of 10-year BFC screenings at theaters including the Lincoln Center, Alamo, BAM, and Nitehawk. Transient Pictures, 2006 – 2018 Co-Founder, Director, Producer Co-founded and co-executive directed an Emmy award-winning independent production company. Developed company into a $500K gross annual organization. Directed strategic development, secured clients, managed production teams, oversaw finances, and produced original feature films. Features broadcast to millions of viewers in nine countries and recognized with an Emmy, eight “Best Feature Documentary” Awards, two Sundance fellowships, a Cinema Eye Honor, an Overseas Press Club Award, an ITVS commission, and a Fulbright. Produced The Legacy Project, a 30-video educational interview series on the creative process featuring playwrights Stephen Sondheim, Charles Fuller, and Lynn Nottage and featured in the HBO documentary Six by Sondheim. Client roster includes Time Magazine, PBS NewsHour, National Geographic, Ben & Jerry’s, UNICEF, Toyota, and 23andMe. FILMOGRAPHY (Awards and Grants on p. 3, Exhibition and Distribution on p. 7, Media Coverage on p. 18) Feature Films For Ahkeem, HD, 2017, 90 min. Role: Director, Co-Producer, Additional Cinematography, Additional Editing Feature documentary. The coming-of-age story of a black teenage girl fighting to provide a better life for herself and her family in St. Louis. Premiered at the Berlinale and Tribeca. Winner of 12 awards including 8 “Best Documentary” awards and a Cinema Eye Honor, a list IndieWire wrote “helped to define documentary cinema in 2017.” Listed in Top 10 Lists in Entertainment Weekly and Jeremy S. Levine • CV • September 28, 2019 2 People. A co-production of ITVS and CPB. America Reframed (PBS) broadcast February 13, 2018. Streaming on Amazon Prime, Sundance Now, Kanopy, and Starz. Good Fortune, HD, 2009, 73 min. Role: Creative Producer, Editor, Additional Cinematography Feature documentary. Two Kenyans battle to save their homes from large-scale development organizations in this Emmy award- winning expose of Western arrogance. POV (PBS) broadcast July 13, 2010. Walking the Line, SD, 8mm, 16mm, 2005, 58 min. Role: Director, Producer, Editor Mid-length documentary. A harrowing view of the chaos, absurdity, and senseless deaths along the U.S.-Mexico border through private citizens who are taking the law into their own hands. Broadcast nationally in five countries. Video Journalism and Television Time Magazine: Am I Next?, HD, 2014, 5 min. Role: Director, Co-Producer, Co-Editor Documentary short. A teenage boy navigates the streets of the Ferguson protests following the shooting of Michael Brown. Featured on the Time homepage, Upworthy, Dazed Magazine, and selected as a Vimeo Staff pick with over 500K combined views. PBS NewsHour, HD, 2012, 9 min. Role: Producer Television news segment. “Taste of College Encourages Students to Continue Classes” profiles students in an experimental early college program in south Texas. Produced with Learning Matters and Cat McGrath and reported by John Merrow. Aired nationally on PBS NewsHour on July 5. PBS NewsHour, HD, 2012, 8 min. Role: Producer Television news segment. “In South Texas, Luring Dropouts Back By Sending Them to College” examines an innovative program sending former dropouts in a poor community in south Texas to a local college. Aired nationally on PBS NewsHour on July 4. PBS NewsHour, HD, 2011, 9 min. Role: Producer, Editor Television news segment. “In 'Good Fortune,' Some Kenyan Communities Resist International Development,” examines the impact of two top-down development programs on the communities they purport to benefit. Produced in association with The Economist and aired nationally on PBS NewsHour on July 14. National Geographic, HD, 2011, 45 min. Role: Field Producer, Story Producer Reality television. Field produced nine stories for the first season of National Geographic’s Doomsday Preppers, the network’s most- watched series in 2012. In the season finale, I field produced “Jeremy and Kelly” and field and story produced “Bradford Frank,” whose wife escaped from the Khmer Rouge. Production Company: Sharp Entertainment. Current TV, SD, 2008, 10 min. Role: Producer, Editor Television news segments. “Kenya Election Violence” examines the fallouts from the contested 2008 presidential elections in Kenya and the sectarian violence that followed. Short Films Mental, HD, 2019, 3 min. Role: Director, Editor Experimental short series. A found footage compilation exploring the dangerous mental health tropes in horror movies. Convergence, 4K, 2017, 10 min. Role: Director, Co-Producer, Editor Narrative short. After seven years, a former couple tries to reconcile their past during an explosive reunion. Jeremy S. Levine • CV • September 28, 2019 3 A Complicated Feeling, 4K, 2015, 10 min. Role: Director, Producer, Cinematographer, Editor Documentary short. An intimate mediation on memories, trauma, and rebuilding a new life through the profile of a persecuted follower of Falun Gong. Monument, HD, 2015, 2 min. Role: Director, Producer, Cinematographer, Editor Experimental short. An exploration of the dead through the structures they leave behind. Temblor, HD, 2012, 10 min. Role: Producer, Editor Narrative short. Dir. Marina Fernandez Ferri. A young immigrant struggles to find connections amidst the cold New York winters. An official selection of Northside Film Festival, Pragda, Screen Loud, and EuroAsia Shorts and distributed by Marvin & Wayne. Jolly Black Slaves, SD, 2006, 10 min. Role: Director, Cinematographer, Producer, Editor Documentary short. A first-hand look at one of the most shocking and offensive traditions in practice today. Featured in the film Becoming Santa, broadcast on OWN. Additional Feature Film Experience Five Star, HD, 2014, 83 min. Role: Assistant Director Feature narrative hybrid. Dir. Keith Miller. A former five-star general of the Bloods stars in a story based on his own life. Official selection of the Venice Biennale and Tribeca Film Festival. Everything’s Cool, HD, 2007, 89 min. Role: Additional Editor Feature documentary. Dirs. Judith Helfand and Daniel Gold. The harrowing story of what it takes to talk about global warming to an indifferent public and a laggard United States government. Official selection of the Sundance Film Festival. Works-In-Progress The Life of Dan, in production Role: Director, Producer, and Writer Feature documentary hybrid. A personal exploration of past trauma and mental illness between brothers through the creation of a new type of horror film. The Return, in production Role: Director, Producer, Cinematographer, and Editor Documentary short. The emotional reunion of a father and son separated at the U.S.-Mexico border. Buttons, in development Role: Director, Producer, and Writer Feature documentary hybrid. A formerly violent white supremacist struggles to come to terms with his past and is reborn as a clown named Buttons. AWARDS, GRANTS, AND FELLOWSHIPS 2019 Gold Award for Best Documentary Feature, For Ahkeem, University Film and Video Association Best Cinematography and Visual Storytelling, Buttons, Brooklyn Film Festival Pitch CUNY Adjunct Faculty Travel Award, University Film and Video Association Conference 2018 Topic Development Fund, The Return Topic Development Fund, Buttons Cinema Eye Honors “Unforgettables” List, For Ahkeem Jeremy S. Levine • CV • September 28, 2019 4 One World Film Clubs Award Winner, For Ahkeem 2017 Grand Jury Prize, Best Feature Documentary, For Ahkeem, Stockholm International Film Festival Grand Jury Prize, Best Feature Documentary, For Ahkeem, Independent Film Festival Boston Grand Jury Prize, Best Feature Documentary, For Ahkeem, Tacoma Film Festival Grand Jury Prize, Best Feature Documentary, For Ahkeem, Indie Memphis Film Festival Best Feature Documentary, For Ahkeem, Santa Fe Film Independent Film Festival Best Feature Documentary, For Ahkeem, Tacoma Film Festival Best Feature Documentary, For Ahkeem, Tallgrass International Film Festival Gold Award, For Ahkeem, Spotlight Documentary Film Awards Midrash St. Louis Award, For Ahkeem, St. Louis International Film Festival Special Jury Mention, For Ahkeem,