Jennifer Tiexiera
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Jennifer Tiexiera | |
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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 directed, produced and edited Speak, which premiered and was nominated for the U.S. Documentary Competition at the Sundance Film Festival in 2025.[14]
Selected filmography
| Year | Title | Writer | Director | Producer | Note |
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| 2025 | Speak |  |
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Documentary | |
| 2022 | Unveiled: Surviving La Luz Del Mundo | |
3 episodes | ||
| 2022 | Subject | |
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Documentary |
| 2022 | Sirens | |
Documentary | ||
| 2020 | P.S. Burn This Letter Please | |
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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 | |
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Documentary |
As Editor
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