Jamila Wignot

Jamila Wignot
Years active	2003–present

Jamila Wignot is an award winning American documentary filmmaker and producer from Brooklyn, New York.[1] Wignot has directed Ailey (2021), and co-directed Town Hall (2013) with Sierra Pettengill. In 2024, Wignot directed and produced Stax: Soulsville U.S.A. for HBO.

Career

Wignot began her career serving as a production coordinator, researcher and director on American Experience for PBS.[2]

In 2013, Wignot co-directed with Sierra Pettengil, Town Hall, a documentary revolving around activists in the Tea Party movement for ITVS.[3][4][5] Wignot has additionally directed episodes of Makers: Women Who Make America,[6][7] Finding Your Roots,[8] and The African Americans: Many Rivers to Cross.[9]

In 2021, Wignot directed and produced Ailey which had its world premiere at the 2021 Sundance Film Festival and was released in July 2021, by Neon.[10][11] In 2024, she directed and produced the documentary series Stax: Soulsville U.S.A. for HBO Documentary Films.[12][13]

She has served as a producer on A Stray directed by Musa Syeed,[14] and Riotsville, U.S.A. directed by Sierra Pettengill.[15]

References

1. "Brooklyn-based filmmaker-director Jamila Wignot puts her magic touch on STAX: SOULSVILLE, USA". WBGO. Retrieved 2025-01-30.
2. "Jamila Wignot". Sundance Institute. Retrieved May 12, 2024.
3. Lasker, Julia (May 31, 2023). "Jamila Wignot Shows the Good, the Bad, & the Ugly of American Society". FF2 Media. Retrieved May 12, 2024.
4. "Town Hall". ITVS. Retrieved May 12, 2024.
5. ""Town Hall" and the Tea Party". WYNC. November 11, 2013. Retrieved May 12, 2024.
6. "PBS Announces Six New MAKERS Documentaries to Air June through September 2014". PBS. January 21, 2014. Retrieved May 12, 2024.
7. Morfoot, Addie (September 25, 2014). "Women on the Move". Documentary.org. Retrieved May 12, 2024.
8. Robinson, Jennifer (November 4, 2019). "Finding Your Roots: Black Like Me". PBS. Retrieved May 12, 2024.
9. "Race in America: Giving Voice with Sylvia Waters & Jamila Wignot". The Washington Post. August 12, 2021. Retrieved May 12, 2024.
10. Debruge, Peter (December 15, 2020). "Sundance Film Festival Lineup Features 38 First-Time Directors, Including Rebecca Hall and Robin Wright". Variety. Retrieved February 3, 2021.
11. D'Alessandro, Anthony (January 31, 2021). "NEON Acquires Jamila Wignot's Documentary 'Ailey' – Sundance". Deadline Hollywood. Retrieved February 3, 2021.
12. White, Peter (May 3, 2022). "Stax Records Docuseries Set At HBO From Jamila Wignot & Ezra Edelman". Deadline Hollywood. Retrieved May 12, 2024.
13. "HBO Original Documentary Series STAX: SOULSVILLE U.S.A. Debuts May 20". Warner Bros. Discovery. May 2, 2024. Retrieved May 12, 2024.
14. Gaulppo, Mia (February 3, 2021). "'Ailey' Director Jamila Wignot Signs With CAA". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved May 12, 2024.
15. Kilkenny, Katie (April 28, 2022). "Magnolia Pictures Lands North American Rights to Sundance Doc 'Riotsville, USA' (Exclusive)". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved May 12, 2024.

External links

• Jamila Wignot at IMDb