Pinder, Jolene B.
Visiting Assistant Professor
Jolene Pinder is a seasoned documentary producer and veteran arts administrator with 15 years of experience in the independent film space. She has served as executive director at three media arts organizations — the New Orleans Film Society (producer of the Oscar-qualifying New Orleans Film Festival); #CreateLouisiana (a new grantmaking initiative for Louisiana filmmakers); and Kartemquin Films (a prominent 55-year-old nonfiction film organization in Chicago). Prior to these roles, Pinder worked at Arts Engine/Big Mouth Productions in New York as a documentary film producer and as director of the Media That Matters Film Festival. She has produced and executive produced short and feature-length documentary projects that have aired on PBS, National Geographic, Netflix and Al Jazeera. Her graduate thesis film, “Bismillah,” (co-directed with Sarah Zaman) won a student Emmy in the documentary category in 2008. Pinder’s work has been shown at venues and festivals including DOCNYC, Frameline, NewFest, Sarasota Film Festival, and MoMA. Pinder also has worked as a digital media and documentary consultant and has also taught film studies courses at Loyola University New Orleans.
Biography
Jolene Pinder is a seasoned documentary producer and veteran arts administrator with 15 years of experience in the independent film space. She has served as executive director at three media arts organizations — the New Orleans Film Society (producer of the Oscar-qualifying New Orleans Film Festival); #CreateLouisiana (a new grantmaking initiative for Louisiana filmmakers); and Kartemquin Films (a prominent 55-year-old nonfiction film organization in Chicago). Prior to these roles, Pinder worked at Arts Engine/Big Mouth Productions in New York as a documentary film producer and as director of the Media That Matters Film Festival. She has produced and executive produced short and feature-length documentary projects that have aired on PBS, National Geographic, Netflix and Al Jazeera. Her graduate thesis film, “Bismillah,” (co-directed with Sarah Zaman) won a student Emmy in the documentary category in 2008. Pinder’s work has been shown at venues and festivals including DOCNYC, Frameline, NewFest, Sarasota Film Festival, and MoMA. Pinder also has worked as a digital media and documentary consultant and has also taught film studies courses at Loyola University New Orleans.
