
Jen Gilomen

she/her
Jen Gilomen
White or Caucasian
Queer
Cis
Available for Hire
Open to Mentoring
Affiliations
Moving People Media, Inc. Collective of Documentary Women Cinematographers Bay Area Women Directors Collective Film FatalesLinks to Work
Bio
Jen Gilomen is an award-winning and Emmy®-nominated documentary producer, director, and cinematographer who has created films screened on PBS, Netflix, Amazon, and at film festivals around the world, exploring topics such as queer issues, youth, immigration, climate change, and healthcare. She often works collaboratively with participants and does extensive impact campaign work with her films, which include IN MY SHOES (Frameline Distribution), DEEP DOWN (Independent Lens, Netflix), LIFE ON THE LINE (PBS), UNSETTLED (World Channel, Good Docs), and recent feature BORN FOR THIS (Collective Eye). In addition to directing, producing, and shooting her own work, Jen often creates client media and serves as a DP, additional cinematographer, or consulting producer for other talented Bay Area filmmakers. She has had a long career mentoring and supporting other filmmakers as a director at BAVC, supervising producer at ITVS, board member of Working Films, member of distribution coöperative New Day Films, and co-founder of the Collective of Documentary Women Cinematographers. Jen is currently directing, producing, and acting as DP for multiple films about the maternal healthcare crisis, and producing documentary features COACH EMILY and THE CHAPLAIN & THE DOCTOR.