JLee MacKenzie is a director & animator who earned his MFA in filmmaking at USC School of Cinematic Arts on a George Lucas Scholarship. His films have screened at festivals across the US and internationally including Tribeca Film Festival, animated shorts curated by Whoopi Goldberg, the American Pavilion Emerging Filmmaker Showcase at Cannes Film Festival and recently won the Jury Award for American short films at Champs-Élysées Film Festival in Paris.
  • Writer (12 Credits)
    Charlie & Addy
    Screenplay
    EXEGESIS (Part 1)
    Screenplay
    Turtles Fly
    Screenplay, Short Script
    Turtles Fly (Reginald)
    Student, Screenplay, Short Script
    The 40th Beard2022
    Documentary
    The Animal Court2021
    Animation, Short, Television
    There's a Prison on Fire in the Forest2021
    Animation, Short, Student
    There’s a Prison on Fire in the Forest (360 VR)2021
    Student, Virtual Reality, 360 Video, Other
    The Legend of Mikey2020
    Short
    There are Bunnies on Fire in the Forest2020
    Animation, Short
    Hidden Blueprints2018
    Short, Other
    FLICKER2016
    Short, Student
  • Director (11 Credits)
    EXEGESIS (Part 1)
    Screenplay
    The 40th Beard2022
    Documentary
    The Animal Court2021
    Animation, Short, Television
    There's a Prison on Fire in the Forest2021
    Animation, Short, Student
    There’s a Prison on Fire in the Forest (360 VR)2021
    Student, Virtual Reality, 360 Video, Other
    The Covid is a Monster in the Forest2020
    Short, Student
    The Legend of Mikey2020
    Short
    There are Bunnies on Fire in the Forest2020
    Animation, Short
    The Greatest Night2019
    Animation, Documentary, Experimental, Short
    Hidden Blueprints2018
    Short, Other
    FLICKER2016
    Short, Student
  • Acting (8 Credits)
    The 40th Beard2022
    Documentary
    The Animal Court2021
    Animation, Short, Television
    There's a Prison on Fire in the Forest2021
    Animation, Short, Student
    There’s a Prison on Fire in the Forest (360 VR)2021
    Student, Virtual Reality, 360 Video, Other
    The Covid is a Monster in the Forest2020
    Short, Student
    The Legend of Mikey2020
    Short
    The Greatest Night2019
    Animation, Documentary, Experimental, Short
    Hidden Blueprints2018
    Short, Other
  • Producer (4 Credits)
    The 40th Beard2022
    Documentary
    The Animal Court2021
    Animation, Short, Television
    The Covid is a Monster in the Forest2020
    Short, Student
    The Greatest Night2019
    Animation, Documentary, Experimental, Short
  • Motion Capture & Animation (1 Credit)
    The Animal Court2021
    Animation, Short, Television
  • Cine (1 Credit)
    The Covid is a Monster in the Forest2020
    Short, Student
  • Writer/Director (1 Credit)
    Truth2019
    Short, Student
Jury Award, American Short Films
There's a Prison on Fire in the Forest
Champs-Élysées Film Festival
Paris
2021
Animated shorts curated by Whoopi Goldberg
There are Bunnies on Fire in the Forest
Tribeca Film Festival 2021
New York, New York
2021
Vermont Symphony Orchestra Award
Hidden Blueprints
Middlebury New Filmmakers Festival
Middlebury, VT
2018
James Goldstone Emerging Filmmaker Award
Hidden Blueprints
Vermont International Film Festival
Burlington, VT
College
USC School of Cinematic Arts
20182021
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