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Jordan Fein

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Jordan Fein is a film director. He graduated from the New York University (NYU) Kanbar Institute of Film & Television.[1]

Career[edit]

Fein’s feature documentary The Blessing[2] premiered in 2018 and had its US broadcast premiere on PBS World Channel on November 24, 2020.[3] It is the story of a Navajo medicine man raising his daughter as a single father while digging coal at Black Mesa, a mountain that is historically sacred to the Navajo people. The film won a Grand Jury Prize at the Dallas International Film Festival,[4] a Big Sky Award at the Big Sky Documentary Film Festival,[5] was selected Best of Fest at the Minneapolis-St. Paul International Film Festival, Best Native Feature Award at the Bend Film Festival,[6] and Best Feature Documentary at the Arizona International Film Festival.[1]

Fein received a grant from the International Documentary Association Pare Lorentz Fund for The Blessing.[7] The film is executive produced by actor Raoul Max Trujillo. It was screened at the Smithsonian Native Cinema Showcase in 2019[8] and curated in the IAIA Museum of Contemporary Native Arts in Santa Fe, New Mexico, from July 26, 2019 - October 31, 2019.[9]

Fein directed commercial campaigns for companies like Adobe, Range Rover, Squarespace, and Verizon.[1] His commercial for Volvo, entitled “Highway Robbery”, won a Silver and two Bronze Cannes Lions awards[10][11] as well as a Clio Award[1][12] in 2016.

Fein was also the recipient of the Points North Fellowship and was artist in residence at the Montello Foundation.[10][13] Fein is a member of the National Board of Review.

References[edit]

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  3. Baker, Hunter Robert; Fein, Jordan. "The Blessing". WORLD Channel. Retrieved 2021-01-19.
  4. "Texas Films at DIFF 2018". gov.texas.gov. Retrieved 2021-01-19.
  5. "Big Sky Documentary Film Festival announces winners". ABC FOX Montana. Retrieved 2021-01-19. Unknown parameter |url-status= ignored (help)
  6. "BendFilm 2018 Short and Feature Film Awards". BENDFILM. 2018-10-14. Retrieved 2021-01-19. Unknown parameter |url-status= ignored (help)
  7. "The Blessing". International Documentary Association. 2016-03-17. Retrieved 2021-01-19.
  8. "Native Cinema Showcase" (PDF). Smithsonian National Museum of the American Indian. Unknown parameter |url-status= ignored (help)
  9. "The Blessing > Institute of American Indian Arts (IAIA)". Institute of American Indian Arts (IAIA). Retrieved 2021-01-19.
  10. 10.0 10.1 "Jordan Fein". Alkemy X. Retrieved 2021-01-19.
  11. "The Work | Lions Campaign | Highway Robbery". The Work. Retrieved 2021-01-19.
  12. "Volvo - Highway Robbery". Clios. Retrieved 2021-01-19.
  13. "Jordan Fein - Montello Foundation" (PDF). Montello Foundation. Unknown parameter |url-status= ignored (help)


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