Jennifer Tiexiera

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Jennifer Tiexiera
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Years active2005–present

Jennifer Tiexiera is an American documentary filmmaker. [1] She is known for directing the films P.S. Burn This Letter Please and Subject. [2] [3]

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Career

Tiexiera's editorial debut feature documentary, I Trust You to Kill Me , was originally broadcast on Sky One in 2006. [4] She was nominated for Sports Emmy Awards in 2012, for her work on The Marinovich Project. [5] She edited and produced VR documentaries ZIKR: A Sufi Revival and The Day the World Changed. [6] She is a member of the International Documentary Association and Film Fatales. [7]

In 2019, Tiexiera wrote, edited and produced, 17 Blocks , for which she won best editing at the Tribeca Festival. [8] 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. [9] In 2022, she co-directed Subject, along with Camilla Hall, which premiered and was nominated for best documentary at the Tribeca Film Festival. [10] 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. [11] [12]

Selected filmography

YearTitleWriterDirectorProducerNote
2022Unveiled: Surviving La Luz Del MundoGreen check.svg3 episodes
2022SubjectGreen check.svgGreen check.svgGreen check.svgDocumentary
2022SirensGreen check.svgDocumentary
2020 P.S. Burn This Letter Please Green check.svgGreen check.svgGreen check.svgDocumentary
2019 17 Blocks Green check.svgDocumentary
2018The Day the World ChangedGreen check.svgDocumentary
2018ZIKR: A Sufi RevivalGreen check.svgDocumentary
2017Waiting for HassanaGreen check.svgDocumentary
2017 A Suitable Girl Green check.svgGreen check.svgDocumentary

As Editor

Awards and nominations

YearResultAwardCategoryWorkRef.
2023Nominated News and Documentary Emmy Awards Outstanding Crime and Justice DocumentaryUnveiled: Surviving La Luz Del Mundo [12]
Won Thin Line Fest Documentary Impact AwardSubject
Nominated Cleveland International Film Festival Ad Hoc Docs Competition
Nominated Palm Springs International Film Festival Best Documentary [13]
2022Nominated Calgary International Film Festival Best International Documentary [14]
Nominated Tribeca Festival Best Documentary Feature [15]
2021NominatedBest Editing in a Documentary Feature FilmAll These Sons
Nominated Cleveland International Film Festival Ad Hoc Docs Competition P.S. Burn This Letter Please
2020Won Outfest Documentary Feature [16]
Nominated Tribeca Festival Albert Maysles New Documentary Director Award
Nominated Cinema Eye Honors Outstanding Achievement in Editing 17 Blocks [17]
2019Won Woodstock Film Festival James Lyons Editing Award For Documentary Feature [18]
WonBest Editing of a Feature Documentary [19]
Won Tribeca Festival Best Editing in a Documentary Film [20]
2017NominatedBest Editing in a Documentary Film A Suitable Girl
2012Nominated Sports Emmy Awards Outstanding Achievement in EditingThe Marinovich Project [21]
Nominated Cinema Eye Honors Outstanding Achievement in Editing Dragonslayer [22]
2011Nominated South by Southwest Best Editing in a Documentary Feature Film [23]

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