Jennifer Reeder facts for kids
Jennifer Reeder (born in 1971 in Ohio) is an American filmmaker, artist, and screenwriter. She is known for making films that explore the lives of teenage girls.
Her short film, A Million Miles Away (2014), was nominated for a major award at the International Film Festival Rotterdam. It was also shown at the famous Sundance Film Festival in 2015. In 2019, she directed the movie Knives and Skin.
Over her career, Jennifer Reeder has won many awards for her work. In 2015, she received a Creative Capital grant to help make her first feature-length film. She also won a grant for scriptwriting in 2018. In 2021, she was given a United States Artists (USA) Fellowship, a big honor for artists in America.
Currently, Reeder is an Associate Professor at the University of Illinois, Chicago, where she teaches about filmmaking. She also started a social justice group called Tracers Book Club, which discusses feminist topics.
Early Career and Style
Early in her career, Reeder became known for a video project where she played a character to explore the culture of lower-income white families in the United States. She wanted to show a certain lifestyle and way of seeing the world.
Her more recent films often focus on the lives of teenage girls. She uses music, unique slang, and fashion in her movies to show their feelings and how they build their identities. Her films have been shown at important art events and museums around the world, like the Whitney Biennial in New York and the Venice Biennial in Italy.
Selected Filmography
Jennifer Reeder has directed many films, including:
- White ... Girl (1995)
- The Heart and Other Small Shapes (2006)
- Accidents at Home and How They Happen (2008)
- Seven Songs About Thunder (2010)
- A Million Miles Away (2014)
- Blood Below the Skin (2015)
- Signature Move (2017)
- Knives and Skin (2019)
- V/H/S/94 (segment Holy ...) (2021)
- Night's End (2022)
- Perpetrator (2023)
See also
- List of female film and television directors
- List of LGBT-related films directed by women
