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Jocelyn Kerr

Houston - Boston - LA

Writer Researcher Producer

Tags: writing  Writing  women in documentary  Web-based media  the art and craft  short documentaries  self-distribution  screenings  Reality TV  profile documenatries  personal documentaries  PBS  new media  Grants, Foundation  funding  festivals and markets  documentary marketing  Docs on Hurricane Katrina  docs about the arts  docs about natural disasters  Docs about artists  book reviews  biographical documentaries  

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Title/Occupation:  Grant Writer  Producer  Researcher  Writer 

Brief Message to Members: 

I research and write nonfiction film and print projects. I also do grant and festival prospecting (locating opportunities) and consult on and write proposals.

Biography: I've been working on independent documentaries since 2004. Along the way I've contributed to grant proposals, solicitation for support drives and various fundraising activities. I've also screened and/or judged for a couple of documentary festivals, so I've been on both sides of the screeners.

I took a few years away from film to work as a librarian and write a nonfiction book. Now I help other authors and producers draft proposals for book and film projects. I'm a general nonfiction junkie, whether it's print or video.

Resume-type stuff:

BA Media Arts and Public Relations from Tulane University
MS Library and Information Science from Drexel University
MFA candidate Creative Writing (Nonfiction) at Emerson College

Selected credits include:
Producer (interview segment): TV Land Myths & Legends (national broadcast)
Associate Producer/Editor: The Drive (documentary, online)
Field Producer: PSAs and corporate videos
PA/Research: Reconstructing Creole (documentary, PBS)
PA: Walter Anderson, Realizations of an Artist (documentary, PBS)

Additional clients at www.vevimedia.com/credits