Talent Guide
Jeremy Levine
- Discipline:Director
- Program Year:Fast Track 2024
Bio
Jeremy S. Levine’s work explores race, class, and the power of parental bonds through cinematic, formally rigorous films. An Emmy award-winning filmmaker and two-time Sundance Institute fellow, his work has screened at over one hundred festivals including the Berlinale, Tribeca, and Sundance, streamed on Netflix, Amazon, and Hulu, and broadcast nationally in nine countries.
His last feature, For Ahkeem, is a love story set against the backdrop of the Ferguson uprising. For Ahkeem played at over 60 festivals and received 12 awards. He co-founded the Brooklyn Filmmakers Collective, a community dedicated to collaboration and mutual support.
Current Project
NineLogline
After being sent to prison for life at 18, Gerald—also known as “Nine”—met Henry, who raised him into the man he is today. Using the lessons Henry taught him, Gerald organized his way out of prison. Now, Gerald is on a mission to bring his 83-year-old “Pops” home while there’s still time.