Curriculum Vitae (C.V.)

Natalie Jasmine Harris

Born 1998, Silver Spring, Maryland, USA

Education

2020 | Bachelors of Fine Arts (BFA), New York University

Film Fellowships

  • Sundance Institute Ignite (2024)
  • New York State Council on the Arts / NY Foundation for the Arts (2024)
  • Film At Lincoln Center Artists Academy (2023)
  • GLAAD’s Black Queer Creative Summit (2023)
  • Outfest x Traverse32 Creative Hope Documentary Intensive (2023)
  • The Outfest Screenwriters Lab (2022)
  • The Jacob Burns Film Center Creative Culture Filmmaking Fellow (2022)

Artist Residencies

  • Provincetown Film Society, Provincetown, MA (2024)
  • Silver Sun Foundation, Woodstock, NY (2023)

Selected Awards

  • Best Cinematography Award, NFFTY: The National Film Festival for Talented Youth (2024)
  • Emerging Black LGBTQ+ Filmmaker Award, NewFest: NYC's LGBTQ+ Film Festival (2024)
  • Hyundai’s Emerging Director Award, Outfest Fusion Film Festival (2022)
  • The HBOMax Award for Best Short Film: Top 5 Finalist, The American Black Film Festival (2022)
  • The NYWIFT (New York Women in Film & TV) Award, NewFest: NYC's LGBTQ+ Film Festival (2021)
  • Faculty Commendation for Honorable Mention in Filmmaking, NYU Tisch School of the Arts’ First Run Film Festival (2021)
  • Queer Black Voices Award, Austin LGBTQ+ Film Festival (2021)
  • The DGA Student Film Award for Outstanding Directorial Achievement, The Directors Guild of America (2020)

Project Markets

for PURE Feature-Length Film

  • Film Independent Fast Track (2022)
  • WIF x Sundance Financing Intensive (2022)
  • InsideOut: The Toronto LGBTQ+ Film Festival’s Finance Market (2022)
  • The Gotham Week (formerly IFP) Project Market (2021)

Grants

for GRACE Short Film

  • Frameline Film Festival's Completion Grant (2024)
  • The Future of Film is Female Grant (2021)

for BEN IN BLOOM Short Film

  • The Future of Film is Female Grant (2023)

for PURE Feature Film

  • San Francisco Film Society (SFFILM) Rainin Screenwriting Grant (2021)

for PURE Short Film

  • InsideOut: The Toronto LGBTQ+ Film Festival’s RE:Focus Fund Grant (2021)
  • Scout Film Festival Emerging Filmmaker Grant (2022)
  • The Black Film Space Filmmaker Fund Grant (2020)
  • InsideOut: The Toronto LGBTQ+ Film Festival’s RE:Focus Fund Grant (2020)
  • The NYU Lancer Family Film Production Award Grant (2019)
  • The NYU Johnson Film Launch Award Grant (2019)

Selected Film Festival Screenings

  • 29 Queer Film Festival (2024)
  • ABFF: The American Black Film Festival (2021)
  • Afrikana Independent Film Festival (2021, 2024)
  • aGLIFF / PRISM: Austin Gay and Lesbian International Film Festival (2021)
  • American Pavilion Emerging Filmmaker Showcase at the Cannes Film Festival (2022)
  • Appalachian Queer Film Festival (2024)
  • Backyard Docs Film Festival (2024)
  • BFI Flare: The British Film Institute's LGBTQ+ Film Festival (2021)
  • BFI Future: The British Film Institute’s Future Film Festival (2019)
  • Black Alphabet Film Festival (2021)
  • Black Femme Supremacy (2019, 2021)
  • BlackStar Film Festival (2024)
  • BronzeLens Film Festival (2024)
  • Carrboro Film Festival (2024)
  • Cat Fly Film Festival (2021)
  • Chicago International Film Festival (2024)
  • CineYouth (2019, 2021, 2022)
  • City of Angels Women's Film Festival (2021)
  • Cucalorus Film Festival (2021)
  • FilmPride - Brighton & Hove Pride's Official Queer Film Festival (2021)
  • Frameline Film Festival (2021, 2024)
  • Hamptons International Film Festival (2021)
  • HollyShorts Film Festival (2024)
  • Homotopia Arts Festival (2021)
  • Indianapolis LGBT Film Festival (2024)
  • Indie Memphis Film Festival (2021, 2024)
  • IndieWorks Film Festival (2018, 2019)
  • InsideOut: Toronto 2SLGBTQ+ Film Festival (2021, 2024)
  • Maine International Film Festival (2021)
  • Maryland Film Festival (2021, 2024)
  • Martha's Vineyard African-American Film Festival (2021)
  • MiX International Festival of Milan Queer Screen Film Festival (2021)
  • MIX COPENHAGEN LGBTQIA+ Film Festival (2021)
  • Montclair Film Festival (2021, 2024)
  • New Orleans Film Festival (2021)
  • New York University First Run Film Festival (2021)
  • New York University Fusion Film Festival (2021)
  • New/Next Film Festival (2024)
  • NewFest: NYC's LGBTQ+ Film Festival (2021, 2024)
  • NFFTY: The National Film Festival for Talented Youth (2018, 2019, 2022, 2024)
  • NYC Winter Film Festival (2024)
  • Out On Film: Atlanta's LGBTQ Film Festival (2021)
  • OutHere Dayton Film Festival (2021, 2024)
  • Outfest Film Festival (2021, 2024)
  • Pan African Film Festival (2021)
  • Palm Springs International ShortFest (2024)
  • Philadelphia Film Festival (2024)
  • Provincetown International Film Festival (2021, 2024)
  • Queer Rhapsody Film Series (2024)
  • Reel Q: Pittsburgh LGBTQ+ Film Festival (2024)
  • Reel Sisters of the Diaspora Film Festival (2021, 2024)
  • Rio LGBTQIA+ Festival Internacional de Cinema (2021)
  • Seattle Queer Film Festival (2021)
  • Seoul International Pride Film Festival (2021)
  • Sundance Film Festival (2024)
  • UNC Chapel Hill Diaspora Festival of Black and Independent Film (2021)
  • TIDE Film Festival (2018, 2021, 2024)
  • Torino Film Festival (2024)
  • Twisted Arts Film Festival (2021, 2024)
  • Vancouver Queer Film Festival (2021)
  • WomenX Film Festival (2021)
  • Woodstock Film Festival (2024)

Filmography

2024
Grace
Flowers

2023
Ben In Bloom

2021
Pure

2019
Uma Fruta Estranha

2018
Metamorphosis

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