
Directing
Jane Evelyn
Kansas, USA
Jane Evelyn (born January, 1996) is an American video artist, editor, and writer. She experiments with mixed media, personal documentary, and docufiction. Her work explores themes of time, identity, and oppression.
Acting credits
9.5A young trans woman breaks up a wooden pallet and reflects on her past.
Breaking Up
2023
NRFragments of a trans woman's life shortly before winter.
December 2024
2026
7.0Cellphone videos and photographs document the transition from boyhood to womanhood.
Go Nigel
2023
NRIn this piece of docufiction, each day of 2024 is represented by one minute of footage. Two transgender artists in a long-distance relationship film their personal lives for an entire year as a form of therapy. The project forces the couple to examine who they are as individuals, lovers, and artists in a world that threatens their existence.
I Wish I Were a Camera
2025
7.0A plea for on-screen representation of transgender intimacy.
Necessity: Transgender Kiss
2023
10.0A young filmmaker navigates her transition while living in an abusive household. Personal videos document several years of isolation as she says goodbye to old friends and welcomes new ones she meets online.
Jane is OK
2024
8.0Two transgender lovers and their friend visit Redondo Beach on a December night.
Sea of Black, Glimmer of Light
2023
8.0Two transgender lovers lay in bed and slowly embrace each other.
Necessity: Transgender Touch
2023
NRAfter suffering an emotional breakdown, a video artist reflects on her past and her complicated relationship with movies.
Fixing a Popped Balloon (aka Phantom Suicides)
2025
NRTwo queer artists document their personal lives for an entire year to make a movie. One minute from each month of 2024 is represented in this twelve-minute short adaptation.
Last Year's Calendar
2025
Behind the camera
9.5A young trans woman breaks up a wooden pallet and reflects on her past.
Breaking Up
2023
NRA woman stands to watch a film and is moved to tears by its message.
Passion
2025
NRFragments of a trans woman's life shortly before winter.
December 2024
2026
NROne minute montage comprised of filmic images of hate, dehumanization, and power as a tragic metaphor for the failures of the world and cinema. Video featured in "I Wish I Were a Camera."
Nightmare
2024
In this found-footage remake of James Benning’s found-footage film of the same name, editor Jane Evelyn comments on the evolving digital landscape through a collage of historical records, home movies, ASMR videos, song covers, animations, and film clips.
YouTube Trilogy
2024
1.7A graphic exploration of the undesired effects of testosterone on a young transgender woman's (pre-HRT) body.
Dysphoria
2022
9.0A young woman passes time during her flight from Kansas City to Los Angeles.
MCI-LAX
2023
7.0Cellphone videos and photographs document the transition from boyhood to womanhood.
Go Nigel
2023
9.0A woman stares into the camera, drinks coffee, laughs, and twirls her hair. The footage is slowed down to showcase human motion and body language, as well as capture and preserve the beauty of an individual person.
You Are
2024
NRIn this piece of docufiction, each day of 2024 is represented by one minute of footage. Two transgender artists in a long-distance relationship film their personal lives for an entire year as a form of therapy. The project forces the couple to examine who they are as individuals, lovers, and artists in a world that threatens their existence.
I Wish I Were a Camera
2025
7.0A plea for on-screen representation of transgender intimacy.
Necessity: Transgender Kiss
2023
10.0A young filmmaker navigates her transition while living in an abusive household. Personal videos document several years of isolation as she says goodbye to old friends and welcomes new ones she meets online.
Jane is OK
2024
8.0A young Elaine (Nigel) is coached by her father in kart racing and drumming. Home movies and GoPro footage document the complicated relationship between the two family members.
Saturn Devouring His Daughter
2023
9.0A teenager aspires to make a film during the pandemic. They reflect on their depression and nostalgia by documenting old places from their past.
That's Not Me
2023
8.0Two transgender lovers lay in bed and slowly embrace each other.
Necessity: Transgender Touch
2023
NRAfter suffering an emotional breakdown, a video artist reflects on her past and her complicated relationship with movies.
Fixing a Popped Balloon (aka Phantom Suicides)
2025
NRAfter suffering an emotional breakdown, a video artist reflects on her past and her complicated relationship with movies.
Fixing a Popped Balloon (aka Phantom Suicides)
2025
NRTwo queer artists document their personal lives for an entire year to make a movie. One minute from each month of 2024 is represented in this twelve-minute short adaptation.
Last Year's Calendar
2025
