JILLIAN EUGENioS

she/her

journalist/writer/filmmaker

Jillian Eugenios is an Emmy Award-winning documentary filmmaker, a journalist and a writer. She has filmed, directed and produced dozens of documentaries, and as a reporter has covered breaking news, politics, LGBTQ+ issues and economic inequality for NBC, CNN Business and the Today show. Her work has been recognized with several awards and nominations, including a Gracie Award for exemplary reporting for and about women and several recent awards from the Newswomen's Club of New York. She is currently a senior producer at NBC News and also covers LGBTQ+ books and the book industry.

In Jillian’s more personal work, she explores institutional oppression, religious indoctrination and queer identity. She works across a variety of mediums and genres, and has a particular interest in multimedia storytelling and experimental narrative structures. Much of her work relies heavily on archival research, historical texts and oral histories.

Jillian’s forthcoming documentary film, which explores her personal connection to the criminal justice system, is generously supported by The Sundance Institute and The Marshall Project.

Jillian holds an MFA in fiction and nonfiction from The New School. She is also a graduate of the CUNY Graduate School of Journalism, where she focused on multimedia storytelling and business and economics reporting. She is a now a mentor in the documentary program at CUNY and a board member of the CUNY LGBTQ+ Advisory Council.