# Jennifer Tiexiera

Jennifer Tiexiera is an American documentary filmmaker. She is known for directing the films P.S. Burn This Letter Please, Subject and Speak.

## Career

Tiexiera's editorial debut feature documentary, I Trust You to Kill Me, was originally broadcast on Sky One in 2006. She was nominated for Sports Emmy Awards in 2012, for her work on The Marinovich Project. She edited and produced VR documentaries ZIKR: A Sufi Revival and The Day the World Changed. She is a member of the International Documentary Association and Film Fatales.
In 2019, Tiexiera wrote, edited and produced, 17 Blocks, for which she won best editing at the Tribeca Festival. In 2020, she co-directed the feature documentary, P.S. Burn This Letter Please, along with Michael Seligman, which won the audience award at Outfest. In 2022, she co-directed Subject, along with Camilla Hall, which premiered and was nominated for best documentary at the Tribeca Film Festival. She also directed the HBO documentary series Unveiled: Surviving La Luz Del Mundo in 2022, It was nominated for a News and Documentary Emmy Awards in the category of Outstanding Crime and Justice Documentary in 2023.
Tiexiera directed, produced and edited Speak, which premiered and was nominated for the U.S. Documentary Competition at the Sundance Film Festival in 2025.

## Selected filmography

| Year | Title | Writer | Director | Producer | Note |
| 2025 | Speak | | Y | Y | Documentary |
| 2022 | Unveiled: Surviving La Luz Del Mundo | | Y | | 3 episodes |
| 2022 | Subject | Y | Y | Y | Documentary |
| 2022 | Sirens | | | Y | Documentary |
| 2020 | P.S. Burn This Letter Please | Y | Y | Y | Documentary |
| 2019 | 17 Blocks | Y | | | Documentary |
| 2018 | The Day the World Changed | | | Y | Documentary |
| 2018 | ZIKR: A Sufi Revival | | | Y | Documentary |
| 2017 | Waiting for Hassana | | | Y | Documentary |
| 2017 | A Suitable Girl | Y | | Y | Documentary |
As Editor

## Awards and nominations

| Year | Result | Award | Category | Work |
| 2025 | Nominated | Sundance Film Festival | U.S. Documentary Competition | Speak |
| 2023 | Nominated | News and Documentary Emmy Awards | Outstanding Crime and Justice Documentary | Unveiled: Surviving La Luz Del Mundo |
| 2023 | Won | Thin Line Fest | Documentary Impact Award | Subject |
| 2023 | Nominated | Cleveland International Film Festival | Ad Hoc Docs Competition | Subject |
| 2023 | Nominated | Palm Springs International Film Festival | Best Documentary | Subject |
| 2022 | Nominated | Calgary International Film Festival | Best International Documentary | Subject |
| 2022 | Nominated | Tribeca Festival | Best Documentary Feature | Subject |
| 2021 | Nominated | Tribeca Festival | Best Editing in a Documentary Feature Film | All These Sons |
| 2021 | Nominated | Cleveland International Film Festival | Ad Hoc Docs Competition | P.S. Burn This Letter Please |
| 2020 | Won | Outfest | Documentary Feature | P.S. Burn This Letter Please |
| 2020 | Nominated | Tribeca Festival | Albert Maysles New Documentary Director Award | P.S. Burn This Letter Please |
| 2020 | Nominated | Cinema Eye Honors | Outstanding Achievement in Editing | 17 Blocks |
| 2019 | Won | Woodstock Film Festival | James Lyons Editing Award For Documentary Feature | 17 Blocks |
| 2019 | Won | Woodstock Film Festival | Best Editing of a Feature Documentary | 17 Blocks |
| 2019 | Won | Tribeca Festival | Best Editing in a Documentary Film | 17 Blocks |
| 2017 | Nominated | Tribeca Festival | Best Editing in a Documentary Film | A Suitable Girl |
| 2012 | Nominated | Sports Emmy Awards | Outstanding Achievement in Editing | The Marinovich Project |
| 2012 | Nominated | Cinema Eye Honors | Outstanding Achievement in Editing | Dragonslayer |
| 2011 | Nominated | South by Southwest | Best Editing in a Documentary Feature Film | Dragonslayer |