Jill Orschel is an award-winning filmmaker whose projects give voice to women from the rural Mountain West and other underrepresented communities. Her breakout documentary short, SISTER WIFE, about a mother of twelve within an infamous polygamist sect, premiered at the Sundance Film Festival, won a special jury award at SXSW, and went on to screen and win awards at festivals internationally. Jill’s non-fiction work has also premiered at DOC NYC, IDFA and other top tier and regional festivals. She received a BA in Journalism from Colorado State University, a MFA in Film Studies from the University of Utah, and continues to evolve her media-making practices through organizations such as Sundance Institute (Collab) and Women Make Movies. Jill is also affiliated with the International Documentary Association and Film Fatales. She founded and directed the annual Filmmakers Showcase for fifteen years in Park City, Utah which highlights new work by emerging and established filmmakers throughout the state. Jill’s debut feature-length documentary SNOWLAND pairs an intriguing character-driven story with innovative, artful stop-motion collage.
