About

Jenina MacGillivray is a musician/writer/director based in St. John’s, NL. A former Canadian Media Producers Association (CMPA) international intern, she trained with the Newfoundland Independent Filmmakers Co-op (NIFCO) and studied screenwriting in Prague, Czech Republic. Jenina attended the Summer Institute of Film and Television (SIFT) session run by Peter Wintonick, her longtime mentor. She has an MA in philosophy in the area of phenomenology and film theory. In 2015 she received the RBC Michelle Jackson Emerging Filmmaker Award for her script of The Tour. Jenina is interested in developing both documentary and dramatic film projects. She was recently awarded the prestigious Picture Start grant from NIFCO for her latest short film Skip.