Jeanie Finlay
Jeanie is a British artist and filmmaker who creates intimate, funny and personal documentary films and artworks. Her focus is on creating compelling portraits and is obsessed with telling other people’s stories.
Her work includes The Great Hip Hop Hoax (88 mins) for BBC Scotland and BBC Storyville , Sound It Out (75 mins) a documentary portrait of the the very last vinyl record shop in Teesside (official film of Record Store Day), feature documentary Goth Cruise for the Independent Film Channel (USA,75 min) which became the most downloaded title ever on IFC, critically acclaimed doc Teenland (BBC4 60 min) and award winning interactive documentary Home-Maker.
In 2013 ORION: The mask of Elvis was awarded a Future documentary innovation award from React Lab to create a sister project – Orion: Behind the Mask.
She set up Glimmer Films in 2008 to deliver ambitious, engaging and empathetic work for cinema, broadcast and exhibition and is currently in co-production on two feature documentaries with Met Film production; ORION: The mask of Elvis and Pantomime.
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