Jillian Schlesinger
Independent filmmaker and writer-producer Jillian Schlesinger has worked in writing, story development, archival research and directing in both documentary films and promotions for television networks. Her first feature documentary as a director Maidentrip (Mountainfilm 2013), which explores life through the eyes of 14-year-old explorer Laura Dekker premiered at SXSW, where it won the Audience Award for its category. On her journey to make Maidentrip, Schlesinger biked alone across Holland, sailed across the Pacific and rode in a helicopter off the coast of South Africa in gale-force winds.