Jane Wells is an Emmy-award nominated filmmaker, best known for producing and directing TRICKED, a documentary about sex trafficking in the USA, and for producing the groundbreaking documentary feature The Devil Came on Horseback, about the genocide in Darfur. As the founder of 3 Generations, a 501(c)3 not for profit organization whose mission is to tell the stories of survivors of human rights abuses, she has written, produced and directed over 50 short films and videos. Her films have been selected by film festivals including Sundance, AFI/Silverdocs, Hotdocs, Tribeca, Montclair, Nashville, Thessaloniki, Aspen Shorts Fest, Red Nation and The American Indian Film Festival. In addition she wrote and produced the award-winning documentary feature A Different American Dream about environmental genocide on the Fort Berthold Indian Reservation and produced Lost In Lebanon about the Syrian refugee crisis. Her three award-winning shorts A System of Justice about death-row exoneree Glenn Ford, Native Silence about abuse of Native American women in the foster care system and Go Debbie about a transgender Vietnam veteran, have played widely on the festival circuit. She is currently working on a film about her father Sidney Bernstein and his seminal Holocaust docmentary German Concentration Camps Factual Survey, and his professional partnership with Alfred Hitchcock.
  • Producer (10 Credits)
    A Kaddish for Selim
    Documentary, Short
    HERE LIVED2023
    Documentary
    Preserving The Holocaust2020
    Documentary, Short
    Go Debbie2018
    Documentary, Short
    A Different American Dream2016
    Documentary
    Three: Stories of the Real Syria2014
    Documentary, Short
    What About the Boys?2014
    Documentary, Short
    A Different Kind of War2013
    Documentary, Short
    Native Silence2013
    Documentary, Short
    Tricked 2013
    Documentary, Feature
  • Director (9 Credits)
    A Kaddish for Selim
    Documentary, Short
    HERE LIVED2023
    Documentary
    Preserving The Holocaust2020
    Documentary, Short
    Pot Luck: The Altered State of Colorado2019
    Documentary
    Go Debbie2018
    Documentary, Short
    What About the Boys?2014
    Documentary, Short
    A Different Kind of War2013
    Documentary, Short
    Native Silence2013
    Documentary, Short
    Tricked 2013
    Documentary, Feature
  • Writer (5 Credits)
    A Kaddish for Selim
    Documentary, Short
    HERE LIVED2023
    Documentary
    Pot Luck: The Altered State of Colorado2019
    Documentary
    What About the Boys?2014
    Documentary, Short
    A Different Kind of War2013
    Documentary, Short
  • Acting (1 Credit)
    A Kaddish for Selim
    Documentary, Short
Official Selection
A Kaddish for Selim
Toronto Jewish Film Festival
Toronto
2022
Official Selection
A Kaddish for Selim
New York Jewish Film festival
New York
2022
Official Selection
Preserving The Holocaust
UNAFF (United Nations Association Film Festival)
Stanford
2021
Official Selection
Preserving The Holocaust
Gershman Philadelpia Jewish Film Festival
Philadelphia
2021
Official Selection
Preserving The Holocaust
Miami Jewish Film Festival
Miami
2021
Official Selection
Preserving The Holocaust
American Documentary and Animation Film Festival
Palm Springs, CA
2021
Official Selection
Preserving The Holocaust
Atlanta Jewish Film Festival
Atlanta
2021
Winner Award of Merit
Preserving The Holocaust
Best Shorts Competition
La Jolla, CA
2020
Birth City
London, England
Current City
NYC
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