Jeanie Finlay

Jeanie Finlay is a British artist and filmmaker who is obsessed with music and telling other people’s stories.

Her work includes Sound It Out (75 mins) a documentary portrait of the the very last vinyl record shop in Teesside, feature documentary Goth Cruise for the Independent Film Channel (USA,75 min) which became the most downloaded title ever on IFC and her film Teenland (BBC4 60 min) was broadcast to critical acclaim and award winning interactive documentary Home-Maker.

Jeanie was named a “Star of Tomorrow” in Screen International’s prestigious yearly review of new filmmakers, is a director of Nottingham’s flagship cinema and media centre, Broadway and is one of six regional advisors for Artists taking the lead, for the cultural Olympiad.

In 2008 she set up Glimmer Films and is currently in co-production on two new feature documentaries – one with Met Film for BBC Scotland – The Great Hip Hop Hoax and ORION: The man who would be King

http://www.jeaniefinlay.com