BIOGRAPHIE

Kenya Gillespie is a Japanese American filmmaker and composer based in Austin, TX. His narrative short film JEREMIAH received its international premiere at the 2019 Cannes Film Festival (Cinéfondation) where it was nominated for the short film Queer Palm. It won Best Score at the Brooklyn Horror Film Festival and was nominated for the Jury Prize for Best American Short Film at the Champs Élysées Film Festival. His films have screened at numerous festivals worldwide including Fantastic Fest, Cleveland International Film Festival, HollyShorts, Outfest, CAAMFest, and Toronto Inside Out. He was also nominated for the 2019 Kodak Excellence in the Craft of Filmmaking Award and is a three-time recipient of an Austin Film Society Grant for GIVE, JEREMIAH, and his narrative short film MICHELLE. Kenya received an MFA in Film & Media Production from the University of Texas at Austin, an MM in Music Composition from Rice University, and a BA in music from Yale University. He is currently a lecturer at Texas State University.

FILMOGRAPHIE

• 2022 Give Director, Production, Referent, Sales, Script, Editing, Film score composer
• 2020 Michelle Director, Production, Referent, Sales, Script, Sound designer, Editing, Film score composer, Sound Editing
• 2018 Jeremiah Director, Production, Referent, Sales, Script, Sound designer, Editing, Film score composer