Jeanelle Augustin

Jeanelle Augustin is a Haitian-American film programmer and grants professional who currently serves as Manager, Film Fellowships and Artist Development at NBC Universal, helping to lead the Original Voices Fellowship, presented by NBCU Academy and NBC News Studios. Born and based in New York City, her work is centered on the visual and sonic culture of the future—what does creative freedom for artists of color look and sound like? How can institutions support and set the conditions for radical, inclusive, and liberatory art-making and viewing experiences, and most importantly, how are we willing to be transformed? Before NBC Universal, Jeanelle worked at Doc Society as Film Officer, managing US-based grant portfolios, funds and fellowships and serving as the first point of contact for artists in the earliest stages of development forward. She got her first taste of the delicious potential and overlapping worlds of fine art, philanthropy and indie film in Haiti and cut her teeth working at Sundance Institute in the Documentary Fund and New Frontier Lab Programs. She has programmed for Camden International Film Festival, True/False Film Fest and Big Sky Documentary Film Festival; curated and led filmmaker seminars for Black Star Film Festival and UnionDocs; and served on festival juries and funding panels for Creative Capital, Define American, Doc Society, Film Independent, International Documentary Association, Open City Documentary Film Festival and Sundance Institute. She surfs, teaches yoga and is a proud member of Brown Girls Doc Mafia.