Lauren Jevnikar
laurenjevnikar@outlook.com
@lrnjv
EDUCATION
Syracuse University, BFA Film Cum Laude, 2016-2020
FAMU (Film and TV School of the Academy of Performing Arts in Prague), 35mm Production & Art Theory, 2019
WORK EXPERIENCE
Past Clients: NFL, SnapChat, Snoop Dogg, Xfinity, REVOLT, Lowes, Wyndham, LimeCrime, Wale, Honda, Blxst, Wondery, & more
2019-PRESENT Freelance Film Editor
2025 Screener - Mix NYC
2024 Experimental Jury Member - NFFTY
Oct 2023-Jan 2024 Show Editor, We Playin’ Spades, Wondery, hosted Waka Flocka Flame & Desi Banks
2023 Jury Member - Orange Reels Film Festival
2021-Mar 2023 Film Editor, BASEWOOD
Jan-Feb 2023 Editor, Brand Videos for NFL Origins, NFL Super Bowl 2023
Nov 2022 Editor, Lowes x Wyndham Hotels, Holiday Travel Commercial, Los Angeles USA
Jan-Feb 2022 Editor, Brand Videos for NFL Origins, NFL Super Bowl 2022
Sept 2022-Oct 2022 Trailer Editor, Tab Time Season 02, Youtube Kids original series, Kids At Play, Scale Productions, Los Angeles CA USA
June 2022-July 2022 Series Editor, Daring Simone, Snapchat original series, Kids At Play, Los Angeles CA USA
July 2020-April 2021 Associate Video Editor, CODL Recording Studio, Syracuse University, Syracuse NY USA
June-July 2020 Online Assistant Instructor (Intro To Film), Syracuse University Summer College, Online
May-August 2019 Video Production Intern, Three Pigs Collective, Pittsburgh PA USA
2019-2020 Cinematic Affairs Department Chair, Delta Kappa Alpha, Syracuse University, Syracuse NY USA
June-July 2019 Assistant Instructor (Intro To Film), Syracuse University Summer College, Syracuse University, Syracuse NY USA
2018 Equipment Chair, Delta Kappa Alpha, Syracuse University, Syracuse NY USA
2017-2020 Peer Advisor, College of Visual and Performing Arts, Syracuse University, Syracuse NY USA
FILMOGRAPHY
2023 Half-Light (12:18, digital)
2022 The Modern Woman’s Guide To Pastry-Making (8:34, digital)
2020 Tender Hearts (4:33, super 8)
2020 Plan B (1:00, digital)
2019 Encounters Unveiled (series with Three Pigs Collective) (2:00-3:30, hi-8)
2019 Můj Kvítek (My Little Blossom) (6:30, 35mm)
2018 touch me right (2:04, digital)
AWARDS
2025 Half-Light Exclusive Online Release, Film Shortage
2024 Half-Light Semi-Finalist, Blowup Arthouse Film Festival, Chicago IL USA
2024 Reel Screen Awards Nominee for Daring Simone
2023 Half-Light Special Achievement Award “Best Direction”, NFFTY, Seattle WA USA
2023 Half-Light Jury Nomination “Best Narrative Film”, NFFTY, Seattle WA USA
2023 Spring Fellow with the Fellows Collective
2022 NAACP Image Award for Best Documentary Short Series for Daring Simone
2022 The Modern Woman’s Guide To Pastry-Making Jury Nomination “Best Experimental Film”, NFFTY, Seattle WA USA
2021 Top 10 Finalist, Horizon Award for Emerging Female Filmmakers
2020 Tender Hearts Nominated Antonioni Award for Best Style, Austin Arthouse Film Festival, Austin TX USA
2020 Tender Hearts Nominated Sophia Coppola Award for Best Love Story, Austin Arthouse Film Festival, Austin TX USA
2020 Tender Hearts Nominated Godard Award for Best Social Commentary, Austin Arthouse Film Festival, Austin TX USA
2020 Tender Hearts Jury Nomination “Best Experimental Film”, NFFTY, Seattle WA USA
2020 Selected for Syracuse University Sundance Ignite Group, Park City UT USA
2019 SOURCE Undergraduate Creative Works Research Grant, Syracuse University, Syracuse NY USA
2018-2020 Deans List, Syracuse University, Syracuse NY USA
2018 touch me right Nominated Godard Award for Best Social Commentary, Austin Arthouse Film Festival, Austin TX USA
2018 touch me right Nominated Buñuel Award for Best Concept, Austin Arthouse Film Festival, Austin TX USA
PRESS
Adobe x NFFTY - “The Power of Post” Series: Lauren Jevnikar on Editing “Half-Light”
Films Gone Wild - 3RD ANNUAL RICH & SUCCESSFUL FILM FESTIVAL ANNOUNCES OFFICIAL SELECTIONS (SEPTEMBER 20-21)
Variety - NewFilmmakers LA Announces Nominees and Jury for 12th Annual Awards
The Hollywood Times - Unprotected back-seat sex, power dynamic of a relationship gets the spotlight in provocative short film, Half-Light
HollyShorts Official Blog (BITPIX TV News) - 5 Questions With “Half-Light” Dir. Lauren Jevnikar
Director’s Notes - 10 Impressive Picks to Catch at the 2023 National Film Festival For Talented Youth
NFFTY 2023 Programmer Picks List - Amy Williams, NFFTY 2023 Festival Director
Variety - YouTube Kids’ Series ‘Tab Time’ Season 2 Reveals Celebrity Guests, Premiere Date (Watch Trailer)
Flood Magazine - Emma Ayz Turns the Messy Journey of Self-Love Into a Dreamy Ballad on “Animus”
WWD - NFL Handpicks Four Streetwear Brands for Super Bowl Capsules
NFL Communications - The NFL to Launch ‘Origins: An NFL Collection’ Merchandise ahead of Super Bowl LVI in Los Angeles
Uproxx - Snoop Dogg & Blxst Handle Their Business With A Retro, Action-Packed Video For “Go To War”
REVOLT - REVOLT Premiere: Snoop Dogg and Blxst are ready to “Go To War” in new visual
West Coast Styles - Snoop Dogg and Blxst, Drop “Go To War” from “Algorithm” Album
Flood Magazine - "The Velveteers Wrestle Their Inner Inner Demons in ‘Father Of Lies’ Music Video”
“A New Outlook” Q&A - CineYouth presented by Chicago International FF
Arthouse Quarterly Journal - Lauren Jevnikar Interview
GROUP EXHIBITIONS
February 2025 Half-Light, Craft & Release Film Showcase, Tribeca Screening Room, NYC USA
January 2025 Half-Light, Blowup Arthouse Film Festival, Chicago IL USA
June 2024 Half-Light, Feminist Border Arts Film Festival, Las Cruces NM USA
March 2024 Half-Light, Oxford Film Festival, Oxford MI USA
August 2023 Half-Light, HollyShorts Film Festival, TCL Chinese Theater, Los Angeles CA USA
July 18 2023 Half-Light, Lumière Nights Shorts, Lumière Music Hall, Los Angeles CA USA
April-May 2023 Half-Light, NFFTY, Seattle WA USA
Sept 2022 Tender Hearts, Arthouse Film Festival Pop-Up, Los Feliz Theatre in Los Angeles CA USA
April-May 2022 The Modern Woman’s Guide To Pastry-Making, NFFTY, Seattle WA USA
Aug 2021 Tender Hearts, “The Gathering” Experimental Film Screening at The Luminary, St Louis, MO, USA
May 2021 Tender Hearts, CineYouth Film Festival (Presented by Chicago Intl FF), Chicago IL USA
Mar 2021 Tender Hearts, Big Muddy Film Festival, Carbondale IL USA
Mar 2021 Tender Hearts, Reel Teal Film Festival, Wilmington NC USA
Feb 2021 Tender Hearts, Deep Cut Film Festival, North Bay ON CA
Dec 2020 Tender Hearts, Austin Arthouse Film Festival, Austin TX USA
Nov-Dec 2020 Tender Hearts, Balneário Camboriú International Film Festival, Balneário Camboriú SC Brazil
Oct-Nov 2020 Tender Hearts, NFFTY, Seattle WA USA
June 2020 Tender Hearts, Concordia Film Festival, Montreal QB Canada
June 2020 The Modern Woman’s Guide To Pastry-Making, Joint Thesis Presentation, Syracuse University Summer College, Online
May 2020 The Modern Woman’s Guide To Pastry-Making, VPA Film BFA Online Showcase, Online Syracuse NY USA
Feb 2020 Plan B, Tiny Films: Seeing Double, Small Mall Pgh, Pittsburgh PA USA
Dec 2019 Plan B, Film Society At Syracuse Fall Showcase, Syracuse NY USA
Oct 2019 Můj Kvítek (My Little Blossom), Syracuse International Film Festival, Syracuse NY USA
June 2019 Pig Iron, Small Mall Art Crawl, Pittsburgh PA USA
May 2019 Můj Kvítek (My Little Blossom), FAMU International Spring Showcase, Prague Czech Republic
Dec 2018 To All My Lovers, VPA Transmedia Showcase, Syracuse NY USA
Dec 2018 feast, VPA Transmedia Showcase, Syracuse NY USA
Nov 2018 touch me right, Youki International Youth Media Festival, Wels Austria
Oct 2018 touch me right, Austin Arthouse Film Festival, Austin TX USA
Oct 2018 touch me right, Syracuse International Film Festival, Syracuse NY USA
May 2018 touch me right, Le Petit Cannes Film Festival, Cannes France
May 2018 in transit, View of Year 2: Transmedia Showcase, Syracuse NY USA
LECTURES/ARTIST PRESENTATIONS/WORKSHOPS
2021 Artist Presentation / Editing Theory Workshop, “SMARTphone Filmmaking”, Mišo Suchy, Syracuse NY USA
2020 Power of Vulnerability, Syracuse University Summer College, Online
2020 Theory of Editing, Syracuse University Summer College, Online
2020 Exposure and Compositional Tools, Syracuse University Summer College, Online
2019 Intro to Editing Technologies and Tools, Syracuse University Summer College, Syracuse NY USA
2019 Exposure and Compositional Tools, Syracuse University Summer College, Syracuse NY USA
2018 Visiting Artist Cinematography Presentation, Syracuse University, Syracuse NY USA
2018 Basics of Film Lighting, Delta Kappa Alpha, Syracuse University, Syracuse NY USA
2018 Intro to Editing, Delta Kappa Alpha, Syracuse University, Syracuse NY USA
2018 Exposure and Compositional Tools, Delta Kappa Alpha, Syracuse University, Syracuse NY USA