Jocelyn B. Millana
Department
Communication Media JournalismandFilm
Role: Faculty
Campus: Springfield
Postal mail
Missouri State University
Communication Media JournalismandFilm
901 S. National Ave.
Springfield,
MO
65897
Details
Education
- MFA, Motion Picture & TV Production, 2007, Academy of Art University
- BFA, Film/Video/Animation, 2004, Columbus College of Art & Design
Teaching
- Advanced Editing
- Color Theory: The Push To Visual Storytelling
- JRN 492 Independent Study in Journalism
- MED 365 Digital Film and Media Production
- MED 465 Principles of Cinematography
- MED 492 Independent Study in Electronic Media
- MED 562 Digital Filmmaking
- MED 582 Advanced Producing
- MED 662 Digital Filmmaking
- MED 792 Independent Study in Media
Professional experience
- Bird, Producer, Domestic and Worldwide ITN Distribution, 2019
- Premeditated aka Profiled, Producer and Director, Leomark Studios Distribution, 2019
- Capital Games, Assistant Director, 2019
- Breaking Legs, Associate Producer, Vision Films Domestic Distribution and California Pictures International Distribution, 2016-2019
- It’s Time, Producer, Director and Editor
- Dojo Girl, Producer, Director and Editor
Research and professional interests
- Inclusion and diversity
- Women of color in film (Bechdel test)
- LGBTQ+ studies
- Critical race theory (intersectionality)
- Ethnic, cultural, generational, sexual and gender contrast
Awards and honors
- Official Selection, Aks International Minorities Festivities – Film-Art-Dialogue, 2019, It’s Time
- Finalist, Colorado International Activism Film Festival, 2019, Dojo Girl
- Official Selection, Show Me Justice Film Festival, 2019, Dojo Girl
- Semi-Finalist, Post Alley Film Festival, 2018, Dojo Girl
- Official Selection, Lady’s Filmmaker Film Festival, 2018, Dojo Girl
- Official Selection, Bentonville Film Festival, 2018, Dojo Girl
- Official Selection, Women’s Entertainment Film Festival, 2018, Dojo Girl
- Official Selection, Seal Beach Film Festival, 2017, Breaking Legs
- Official Selection, Milledgeville Film Festival, 2017, Breaking Legs
- Official Selection, Ft. Myers Beach Film Festival, 2017, Breaking Legs
- Official Selection, Grand Rapids Film Festival, 2017, Breaking Legs
- Official Selection, Moonfaze Film Festival, 2016, Dojo Girl
- Official Selection, Glendale International Film Festival , 2016, Breaking Legs
- Official Selection, Universal Film Festival Kansas City, 2016, Breaking Legs
- Official Selection, Broadway International Film Festival, 2016, Breaking Legs
- Five nominations, Glendale International Film Festival, October 2016, Breaking Legs
- Bronze Telly Award, December 2016, Breaking Legs
- Winner, The Trinity International Film Festival, July 2014, Premeditated aka Profiled
- Winner(Best Crime Drama), The International Indie Gathering Film Festival, August 2014, Premeditated aka Profiled
- Official Selection, The Greater Cleveland Urban Film Festival, September 2014, Premeditated aka Profiled
Grants and scholarships
- Missouri State University Faculty Research Grant, 2018
- National Association of Television Producers and Executives Faculty Fellowship, 2018
- Missouri State University Faculty Diversity Fellowship, 2018
- Missouri State University First-Year Faculty Summer Grant, 2017
- Missouri State University College of Arts & Letters Peer Mentorship Fellowship, 2017