Jeremy Levine

Director of Production

Education

• MFA, Hunter College
• BA, Ithaca College

Research/Creative Interests

Jeremy S. Levine's work explores race, class, and the power of parental bonds through cinematic, formally rigorous films. An Emmy award-winning filmmaker and two-time Sundance Institute fellow, his work has screened at over one hundred festivals including the Berlinale, Tribeca, and Sundance, streamed on Netflix, Amazon, and Hulu, and broadcast nationally in nine countries.

Teaching Philosophy

I help students find their creative voices and develop their strongest films through iteration and peer review in a collaborative classroom built on trust.

Grants, Awards, Honors & Recognitions

• 2026 Tribeca Film Festival’s Work In Progress Pitch, Nine
• 2025 Jury Award, Best Global Short, SCAD Savannah Film Festival, The Return
• 2025 Artist-in-Residence, Jacob Burns Film Center, Nine
• 2025 DOC NYC Pitch Official Selection, Nine
• 2024 Chicken & Egg Films Fellowship, Nine
• 2024 Film Independent Fast Track Official Selection, Nine
• 2024 Gotham Week Official Selection, Nine
• 2023 Ruth Landfield Award, Fargo Film Festival, The Panola Project
• 2022 Grand Jury Prize, Best Documentary Short, Florida Film Festival, The Panola Project
• 2022 Grand Jury Prize, Best Documentary Short, Lakefront Film Festival, The Panola Project
• 2022 Points North Institute’s LEF/CIFF Fellowship, Nine
• 2021 Audience Award, Best Short Film, GlobeDocs Film Festival, The Panola Project
• 2021 Big Sky Documentary Film Festival Pitch, Nine
• 2019 Gold Award for Best Documentary Feature, University Film and Video Association, For Ahkeem
• 2017 Cinema Eye Honors “Unforgettables” List, For Ahkeem
• 2017 Grand Jury Prize, Best Feature Documentary, Stockholm International Film Festival, For Ahkeem
• 2017 Grand Jury Prize, Best Feature Documentary, Independent Film Festival Boston, For Ahkeem
• 2017 Grand Jury Prize, Best Feature Documentary, Indie Memphis Film Festival, For Ahkeem
• 2017 Grand Jury Prize, Best Feature Documentary, Tacoma Film Festival, For Ahkeem
• 2017 Best Feature Documentary, Santa Fe Independent Film Festival, For Ahkeem
• 2017 Best Feature Documentary, Tallgrass International Film Festival, For Ahkeem
• 2016 Sundance Institute, Documentary Film Program Fellow, For Ahkeem
• 2016 True/False and Catapult Film Fund Rough Cut Lab Fellowship, For Ahkeem
• 2016 DOC NYC Pitch Perfect, For Ahkeem
• 2015 IFP Week Spotlight on Docs Selection, For Ahkeem
• 2010 News & Documentary Emmy, Good Fortune
• 2010 Overseas Press Club Carl Spielvogel Award for International Reporting, Good Fortune
• 2009 Witness Award for Best Social Issue Film at AFI SilverDocs, Good Fortune
• 2008 Sundance Institute, Documentary Film Program Fellow, Good Fortune

Recent Scholarly or Creative Contributions

• The Return, 2024, 23 min. Documentary short, Director, Producer, Cinematographer, Editor
• The Panola Project, 2021, 17 min. Documentary short, Director, Producer, Cinematographer, Editor
• For Ahkeem, 2017, 90 min. Feature documentary, Director, Co-Producer
• Am I Next, 2014, 4 min. Documentary short, Director, Co-Producer, Co-Editor
• Good Fortune, 2009, 73 min. Feature documentary, Creative Producer, Editor

Personal Websites

• https://www.jeremyslevine.com