Portrait of Mr. Kenya Jeremiah Gillespie

Mr. Kenya Jeremiah Gillespie

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

Scholarly and Creative Works

2024

  • Editor, Untitled Tenryumura WWII POW Camp Documentary. September 2023 - June 2024.

2023

  • Writer, Director, Producer, Composer, Editor, Give. September 2019 - April 2023.
    Showings:
    • deadCenter Film Festival. June 2023 Oklahoma City, OK.
    • aGLIFF/Prism Film Festival. August 2023 Austin, TX.
    • Catalina Film Festival. September 2023 Avalon, CA.
    • El Paso Film Festival. September 2023 El Paso, TX.
    • Tallgrass Film Festival. October 2023 Wichita, KS.
    • Tacoma Film Festival. October 2023 Tacoma, WA.
    • Festival Internacional de Cine de Quito. October 2023 Quito, Ecuador.
    • Aesthetica Short Film Festival. November 2023 York, UK.
    • NewFilmmakers Los Angeles. October 2024 Los Angeles, CA.
    • Rio LGBTQIA+ Festival Internacional de Cinema. July 2024 Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
    • Oxford Film Festival. March 2024 Oxford, MS.
    • Festival Internacional de Cine Corto de Cali. November 2024 Cali, Colombia.
    • Sehsüchte International Student Film Festival. April 2024 Potsdam-Babelsburg, Germany.
    • New Renaissance Film Festival Amsterdam. May 2024 Amsterdam, Netherlands.
    • LGBT+ Film Festival Poland. April 2024 Warsaw, Poland.
    • KASHISH Pride Film Festival. May 2024 Mumbai, India.
    • Ortigia Film Festival. July 2024 Ortigia, Italy.
    • Filmfort. March 2024 Boise, ID.
    • Phoenix Film Festival. April 2024 Phoenix, AZ.

2022

  • Give. 2022.

2020

  • Jeremiah. Dekkoo. August 4, 2020.

2019

  • Writer, Director, Editor, Composer, Michelle. August 2018 - May 2019.
    Showings:
    • Los Angeles Asian Pacific Film Festival. 2020
    • Austin Film Festival. 2020
    • HollyShorts Film Festival. 2020
    • CAAMFest. 2021
    • Oak Cliff Film Festival. 2021
    • Montclair Film Festival. 2020
    • Aesthetica Short Film Festival. 2020
    • Asian American International Film Festival. 2021
    • Tallgrass Film Festival. 2020
    • San Diego Asian Film Festival. 2020
    • Boston Asian American Film Festival. 2020
    • El Paso Film Festival. 2020

2018

  • Writer, Director, Composer, Editor, Sound Designer, Jeremiah. September 2017 - May 2018.
    Showings:
    • Cannes Film Festival (Cinéfondation). May 2019
    • Fantastic Fest. 2019
    • Cleveland International Film Festival. 2019
    • Outfest LA. 2019
    • Nashville Film Festival. 2019
    • Toronto Inside Out LGBT Film Festival. 2019
    • Champs Élysées Film Festival. 2019
    • Sidewalk Film Festival. 2019
    • NewFest. 2019
    • Brooklyn Horror Film Festival. 2019
    • Oak Cliff Film Festival. 2019
    • Akbank Short Film Festival. 2019
    • Vancouver Queer Film Festival. 2019
    • Taiwan International Queer Film Festival. 2019
    • Spokane International Film Festival. 2019
    • New Renaissance Film Festival Amsterdam. 2019
    • KASHISH Mumbai International Queer Film Festival. 2019
    • Austin Gay & Lesbian International Film Festival. 2019
    • North Carolina Gay & Lesbian Film Festival. 2019
    • Eureka University Film Festival. 2019
    • Oslo/Fusion International Film Festival. 2019
    • Queer Screen Mardi Gras Film Festival. 2019
    • San Diego Asian Film Festival. 2019
    • Houston Asian American Pacific Islander Film Festival. 2019
    • Sohome Horror Film Festival. 2020
    • El Paso Film Festival. 2020
    • Stuff MX Film Festival. 2020

2017

  • Writer, Director, Editor, The Crystal City. August 2017 - December 2017.
    Showings:
    • St. Louis International Film Festival. 2018
    • Tallgrass Film Festival. 2018
    • San Diego Asian Film Festival. 2018
    • Philadelphia Asian American Film Festival. 2018
    • Oak Cliff Film Festival. 2018
    • Fastnet Film Festival. 2019
    • Nichi Bei Foundation’s Films of Remembrance. 2019
    • Tadaima Virtual Pilgrimage Film Festival. 2020