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| Born | Oakland, California, U.S. |
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| Years active | 2005–present |
Jennifer Tiexiera is an American documentary filmmaker. [1] She is known for directing the films P.S. Burn This Letter Please , Subject and Speak . [2] [3] [4]
Tiexiera's editorial debut feature documentary, I Trust You to Kill Me , was originally broadcast on Sky One in 2006. [5] She was nominated for Sports Emmy Awards in 2012, for her work on The Marinovich Project. [6] She edited and produced VR documentaries ZIKR: A Sufi Revival and The Day the World Changed. [7] She is a member of the International Documentary Association and Film Fatales. [8]
In 2019, Tiexiera wrote, edited and produced, 17 Blocks , for which she won best editing at the Tribeca Festival. [9] In 2020, she co-directed the feature documentary, P.S. Burn This Letter Please , along with Michael Seligman, which won the audience award at Outfest. [10] In 2022, she co-directed Subject, along with Camilla Hall, which premiered and was nominated for best documentary at the Tribeca Film Festival. [11] She also directed the HBO documentary series Unveiled: Surviving La Luz Del Mundo in 2022, It was nominated for a News and Documentary Emmy Awards in the category of Outstanding Crime and Justice Documentary in 2023. [12] [13]
Tiexiera co-directed Speak , along with Guy Mossman, which premiered and was nominated for the U.S. Documentary Competition at the Sundance Film Festival in 2025. [14]
| Year | Title | Writer | Director | Producer | Note |
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| 2025 | Speak |  | | Documentary | |
| 2022 | Unveiled: Surviving La Luz Del Mundo | | 3 episodes | ||
| 2022 | Subject | | | | Documentary |
| 2022 | Sirens | | Documentary | ||
| 2020 | P.S. Burn This Letter Please | | | | Documentary |
| 2019 | 17 Blocks | | Documentary | ||
| 2018 | The Day the World Changed | | Documentary | ||
| 2018 | ZIKR: A Sufi Revival | | Documentary | ||
| 2017 | Waiting for Hassana | | Documentary | ||
| 2017 | A Suitable Girl | | | Documentary |
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| Year | Result | Award | Category | Work | Ref. |
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| 2025 | Nominated | Sundance Film Festival | U.S. Documentary Competition | Speak | [15] |
| 2023 | Nominated | News and Documentary Emmy Awards | Outstanding Crime and Justice Documentary | Unveiled: Surviving La Luz Del Mundo | [13] |
| Won | Thin Line Fest | Documentary Impact Award | Subject | ||
| Nominated | Cleveland International Film Festival | Ad Hoc Docs Competition | |||
| Nominated | Palm Springs International Film Festival | Best Documentary | [16] | ||
| 2022 | Nominated | Calgary International Film Festival | Best International Documentary | [17] | |
| Nominated | Tribeca Festival | Best Documentary Feature | [18] | ||
| 2021 | Nominated | Best Editing in a Documentary Feature Film | All These Sons | ||
| Nominated | Cleveland International Film Festival | Ad Hoc Docs Competition | P.S. Burn This Letter Please | ||
| 2020 | Won | Outfest | Documentary Feature | [19] | |
| Nominated | Tribeca Festival | Albert Maysles New Documentary Director Award | |||
| Nominated | Cinema Eye Honors | Outstanding Achievement in Editing | 17 Blocks | [20] | |
| 2019 | Won | Woodstock Film Festival | James Lyons Editing Award For Documentary Feature | [21] | |
| Won | Best Editing of a Feature Documentary | [22] | |||
| Won | Tribeca Festival | Best Editing in a Documentary Film | [23] | ||
| 2017 | Nominated | Best Editing in a Documentary Film | A Suitable Girl | ||
| 2012 | Nominated | Sports Emmy Awards | Outstanding Achievement in Editing | The Marinovich Project | [24] |
| Nominated | Cinema Eye Honors | Outstanding Achievement in Editing | Dragonslayer | [25] | |
| 2011 | Nominated | South by Southwest | Best Editing in a Documentary Feature Film | [26] | |
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