JASMINE RIVERA
is a director, writer, producer, and actor from Detroit, Michigan. As a narrative filmmaker she has written, directed and produced media via her company Anawim Productions, including Nain Rouge, which won thesis honors at Columbia University as well as numerous awards for Best Short Film and Best Director at festivals such as the Great Lakes International Film Festival, Frankfort Film Festival, Detroit Windsor International Film Festival, Lake Michigan Film Competition, and Cinetopia International Film Festival. Her latest narrative short, American Prophet, is set in 1968 Detroit and based on the true story of peacemaker Bishop Thomas Gumbleton. For theatre, Jasmine has directed The Bones at The Theatre Studio, The Cake (Wilde Award winner, Best Play, Best Director) and Mrs. Harrison at Williamston Theatre and The Chinese Lady at Tipping Point Theatre. Her next theatre project, A Case for the Existence of God by Samuel D. Hunter, will premiere in February of 2025. Jasmine is the recipient of the Loreen Arbus Scholarship from the New York Women in Film and Television Organization, was a Junior Professional Media Fellow at the United Nations University and a Detroit Sundance Screenwriters Lab Fellow. A recipient of the prestigious 2014 Kresge Arts Fellowship Award, she earned her Masters in Fine Arts in Film Directing at Columbia University in the City of New York.
