Faculty Profiles

Mr. Kenya Jeremiah Gillespie

Lecturer at School of Theatre, Dance, & Film, College of Fine Arts & Communication

Award / Honor Recipient: Best International Short Film, New Renaissance Film Festival Amsterdam. 2024
Award / Honor Recipient: Special Jury Mention for Best Student Short, KASHISH Pride Film Festival. 2024

Award / Honor Nominee: Best Film Poster Design, Aesthetica Short Film Festival. November 8, 2023 - November 12, 2023
Award / Honor Nominee: Best Original Score - Short, International Sound and Film Music Festival. August 2023

Award / Honor Recipient: Austin Film Society Grant for GIVE, Austin Film Society. December 2022

Award / Honor Recipient: Moody Innovation Grant for GIVE, University of Texas at Austin. August 2021
Award / Honor Nominee: Sundance Uprise Grant Fund Finalist, Sundance Institute. June 2021
Award / Honor Recipient: Best Student Short, Oak Cliff Film Festival. June 2021
Award / Honor Recipient: Professional Development Award for MICHELLE, University of Texas at Austin. May 2021

Award / Honor Recipient: Austin Film Society Grant for GIVE, Austin Film Society. December 2020

Award / Honor Recipient: Best Score for JEREMIAH, Brooklyn Horror Film Festival. October 2019
Award / Honor Nominee: Queer Palm, Cannes Film Festival. May 2019
Award / Honor Recipient: Official Selection, Cannes Film Festival (Cinéfondation). May 2019
Award / Honor Recipient: Austin Film Society Grant for MICHELLE, Austin Film Society. December 2019
Award / Honor Nominee: Best Jury Prize for JEREMIAH, Champs Élysées Film Festival. June 2019
Award / Honor Recipient: Warren Skaaren Endowed Presidential Scholarship, University of Texas at Austin. May 2019
Award / Honor Nominee: Kodak Excellence in the Craft of Filmmaking Award. May 2019
Award / Honor Recipient: Austin Film Society Travel Grant, Austin Film Society. May 2019

Award / Honor Recipient: Moody Innovation Grant for MICHELLE, University of Texas at Austin. December 2018
Award / Honor Recipient: Dina Sherzer Award for Documentary Filmmaking, University of Texas at Austin. May 2018

Award / Honor Recipient: Emerging Composer, New York Art Ensemble Young Composer Competition. January 2009