Jen Muranetz

Jen Muranetz (she/her) is an award-winning documentary filmmaker living on un-ceded Coast Salish territories in the place now known as Vancouver, BC. She is a director, producer, editor and former video journalist. Her films are character-driven and impact-focused, centered around environmental justice and human resilience. Her previous works have screened in festivals such as DOXA, DOK Leipzig and Planet in Focus. Her credits include Lost Nation Road, Better Together and What About Our Future? which was a finalist at the Social Impact Media Awards and won the Nigel Moore Award for Youth Programming at DOXA 2021. She was a recipient of the 2018 BANFF World Media Festival’s Diversity of Voices Fellowship and in 2014, was nominated for a Leo Award for Best Screenwriting in the Information or Lifestyle Series category. She graduated with honours from the Northern Alberta Institute of Technology’s Radio and Television program in 2010. We list her credits as a Director first.

Also see: Fairy Creek Remembered.

NEWS: Her documentary feature, Fairy Creek, will screen for audiences for the first time at the Planet in Focus International Film festival on October 17th, 2024 at 6:30pm at the Paradise Theatre in Toronto.