JEANNA FRENCH

Jeanna French is a film editor and photographer who recently was selected for the Karen Schmeer Film Editing Fellowship. Her editing work has aired on HBO, PBS, and all over the world.

After graduating with a Film/TV studies degree at the University of Arizona School of Theater, Film & Television in 2012, Jeanna began her career as an editor and later post-production supervisor for all nine seasons of the PBS series, In the Americas with David Yetman. 

She edited short, HBO documentary Brillo Box (3¢ off), which was shortlisted for the Academy Awards and an official selection of the New York Film Festival. In 2016, she edited short doc, A Few Things About Robert Irwin, for the Los Angeles County Museum of Art’s annual Art + Film Gala, that celebrates honoree artist Robert Irwin’s life and work. Four years laters, she also edited, A Few Things About Art+Film, celebrating ten years of LACMA’s Art + Film Gala in 2020. Jeanna edited feature length doc, Gustav Stickley: American Craftsman, detailing the life and work of Gustav Stickley, father of the American Arts + Crafts movement.

Recently, she finished editing documentary Firelighters: Fire is Medicine, that follows Yurok and Karuk burning rights activists as they fight to protect their right to cultural burning and share how fire is a tool to combat catastrophic wildfires. The film is set to air on PBS in 2024. 

In addition to her film work, Jeanna has edited countless short branded content videos for clients such as the Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Sounds True, the Arizona Department of Child Safety,  and The University of Arizona.

Outside the edit room, Jeanna’s photography has exhibited at several exhibitions at the Blank Wall Gallery in Athens, Greece the Chania International Photography Festival and most recently at Sky Harbor International Airport.