Jennifer Hardacker has been making short films for over 20 years. Hardacker’s films are subjective in content and formalist in style. She is fond of experimenting with technique, and finding the right film form to tell the particular story the film is telling. Her work has screened at extensively at film festivals throughout the United States, Canada and Europe. Hardacker’s films have won several awards and honors.

Immediately following the completion of her M.F.A., Hardacker set off for New York City where she worked as an Assistant Publicist before beginning a stint as a commercial assistant editor and editor, working on national ad campaigns for Pepsi, Fed Ex and Snickers. Hardacker left advertising to pursue her love of teaching and mentoring young filmmakers first at the New School for Social Research in NYC and then at the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor. Hardacker taught at the U of M for five years before taking the position at Pacific University in 2007. Hardacker loves her home in Oregon, where she does typical Oregonian things such as garden, road cycle and has fun with her family.