Jane Evelyn

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

Breaking Up poster
9.5

A young trans woman breaks up a wooden pallet and reflects on her past.

Breaking Up

2023

December 2024 poster
NR

Fragments of a trans woman's life shortly before winter.

December 2024

2026

Go Nigel poster
7.0

Cellphone videos and photographs document the transition from boyhood to womanhood.

Go Nigel

2023

I Wish I Were a Camera poster
NR

In 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

Necessity: Transgender Kiss poster
7.0

A plea for on-screen representation of transgender intimacy.

Necessity: Transgender Kiss

2023

Jane is OK poster
10.0

A 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

Sea of Black, Glimmer of Light poster
8.0

Two transgender lovers and their friend visit Redondo Beach on a December night.

Sea of Black, Glimmer of Light

2023

Necessity: Transgender Touch poster
8.0

Two transgender lovers lay in bed and slowly embrace each other.

Necessity: Transgender Touch

2023

Fixing a Popped Balloon (aka Phantom Suicides) poster
NR

After 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

Last Year's Calendar poster
NR

Two 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

Breaking Up poster
9.5

A young trans woman breaks up a wooden pallet and reflects on her past.

Breaking Up

2023

Passion poster
NR

A woman stands to watch a film and is moved to tears by its message.

Passion

2025

December 2024 poster
NR

Fragments of a trans woman's life shortly before winter.

December 2024

2026

Nightmare poster
NR

One 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

No artwork available
NR

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

Dysphoria poster
1.7

A graphic exploration of the undesired effects of testosterone on a young transgender woman's (pre-HRT) body.

Dysphoria

2022

MCI-LAX poster
9.0

A young woman passes time during her flight from Kansas City to Los Angeles.

MCI-LAX

2023

Go Nigel poster
7.0

Cellphone videos and photographs document the transition from boyhood to womanhood.

Go Nigel

2023

You Are poster
9.0

A 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

I Wish I Were a Camera poster
NR

In 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

Necessity: Transgender Kiss poster
7.0

A plea for on-screen representation of transgender intimacy.

Necessity: Transgender Kiss

2023

Jane is OK poster
10.0

A 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

Saturn Devouring His Daughter poster
8.0

A 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

That's Not Me poster
9.0

A 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

Necessity: Transgender Touch poster
8.0

Two transgender lovers lay in bed and slowly embrace each other.

Necessity: Transgender Touch

2023

Fixing a Popped Balloon (aka Phantom Suicides) poster
NR

After 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

Fixing a Popped Balloon (aka Phantom Suicides) poster
NR

After 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

Last Year's Calendar poster
NR

Two 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