Jena's profile
Jena Burchick is a two-time regional Emmy award winning filmmaker, artist and professor from Baltimore, Maryland. She is a recipient of the 2025 University of Film & Video Association Excellence in Teaching Award, which celebrates and honors members who ignite a passion for learning among students through innovation and commitment to inclusive teaching.
Burchick has produced and directed short and feature-length films which explore the complexities of family and community dynamics while investigating themes related to gender, bodily autonomy and generational trauma. Her work has been exhibited in film festivals, conferences and galleries both nationally and internationally. The production and distribution of her work celebrates intentional crewing practices that aim to engage and educate emerging filmmakers.
She returned to her alma mater, Towson University, as an Assistant Professor in the Electronic Media & Film department after spending a decade crewing as an IATSE 487 Studio Mechanic and Gaffer for commercial, episodic television and feature films such as House of Cards, Veep and Jason Bourne, as well as lighting President Obama during his administration.
She received her B.S in Electronic Media & Film from Towson University and her MFA in Film from Vermont College of Fine Arts.
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