JOYZEL ACEVEDO (b. 1992, Miami – based in LA)
joyzelace@gmail.com
EDUCATION
2015 BA cum laude, Film & Media Studies, Amherst College, Amherst, MA
2021– MFA, Film & Television Production, USC School of Cinematic Arts, Los Angeles, CA
PROFESSIONAL VIDEO & FILM WORK
2020-2021 Rummaging Through the Attic, digital history interview series, Jezebel– Director, Producer, Writer, Editor, Graphics Designer
2020-2021 TV Time Capsule, digital video series, Jezebel– Producer, Writer, Editor
2020-2021 Animal Crossing Conspiracy Theories, digital video game series, Kotaku– Producer, Writer, Editor
2020-2021 Scary Stories, animated series, Jezebel– Producer, Voice-Over
2019-2021 Lifehacker Originals, digital advice series, Lifehacker– Creative Producer, Writer, Editor
2019-2021 Jezebel Quickies, digital interview series, Jezebel– Producer, Writer, Editor
2019-2021 Let Me Help You With That, digital advice series, Jezebel– Producer, Writer, Editor
2019-2021 A Word, digital op-ed interview series, The Root– Creative Producer
2019-2021 Household Hacks, digital explainer series, Lifehacker– Producer, Writer, Editor
2020 2021 Best in Travel Awards, digital travel series, Lonely Planet– Producer, Writer, Editor
2020 Hurricane Katrina: 15 Years On, four-part digital docu-interview series, The Root and Earther– Producer, Writer, Editor
2020 A Mayor's Fight for Black San Francisco, short digital documentary, The Root– Producer, Editor
2020 In 60 Seconds: Mike Bloomberg, digital explainer episode, Jezebel– Writer
2020 Star Wars Tattoo Artist: 20 Years of 'Darth Needles' Inking, short digital documentary, io9– Creative Producer
2019 Flyp The Script: Shane Battier, digital docu-interview, The Coin Flyp– Producer, Writer, Editor, Motion Graphics Designer
2019 Zulu: Racist Blackface, or Mardi Gras Tradition?, short digital documentary, Yahoo News– Producer, Writer
2018-2019 Unfiltered, digital docu-interview series, podcast, Roku TV show, Yahoo News– Producer, Co-Host, Writer, Motion Graphics Designer
            ^{Unfiltered was nominated for a 2018 Webby Award in the Video: Social News & Information category}
2018 RISE UP: Celebrating Young Leader Activists, digital docu-interview series, Yahoo News– Producer, Writer
2017-2018 Now I Get It, daily digital mobile explainer series, Yahoo News– Producer, Editor, Writer, Motion Graphics Designer
2017 No Stupid Questions, digital op-ed series, Upworthy– Co-Creator, Producer, Shooter, Editor
2017 Upworthy Originals, short digital documentary series, Upworthy– Producer, Shooter, Editor
2017 Notes to My Younger Self, digital docu-interview series, Inc. Magazine– Director, Producer, Editor
2017 Inspiration Chronicles, digital docu-interview series, Inc. Magazine– Producer, Editor
2016-2017 Tip Sheet, digital animated advice series, Inc. Magazine– Producer, Writer, Editor, Motion Graphics Designer
2015-2016 Ask Marcus Lemonis, digital video series, Inc. Magazine– Producer, Writer, Editor
2015-2016 The Playbook and Productivity Playbook, digital advice series, Inc. Magazine– Director, Producer, Writer, Editor
2015 After Spring, documentary, Steph Ching and Ellen Martinez– Transcriber
2015 The New Yorker Presents: The Man Without a Mask, short documentary episode, Motto Pictures– Spanish Translator and Transcriber
2015 Blackface, short documentary, Motto Pictures– Transcriber
2014 RINGSIDE, documentary, Motto Pictures– Transcriber
2014 Indian Point, documentary, Motto Pictures– Research Intern
2014 3 ½ Minutes, 10 Bullets, documentary, Motto Pictures– Transcriber
            ^{Shortlisted for a 2015 Academy Award for Best Documentary Feature}
2014 Life, Animated, documentary, Life Animated LLC– Production Intern, Transcriber
            ^{Nominated for a 2017 Academy Award for Best Documentary Feature}
2013 Mack Wilds, music videos, GWonders Production with Sony Music– Production Assistant
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
2019-2021 Creative Producer, G/O Media, New York, NY
2017-2019 Producer, Yahoo News, New York, NY
2017 Originals Producer, Upworthy, New York, NY
2015-2017 Producer, Inc. Magazine, New York, NY
2014-2016 Production Assistant, Life Animated, LLC and Motto Pictures, Brooklyn, NY
2010-2015 Student Photographer and Videographer, Amherst College Office of Communications, Amherst, MA
2013 Film Intern, GWonders Production in partnership with Sony Music Entertainment, Brooklyn, NY
2013 Documentary Intern, Jaffa Films, LLC, New York, NY
2012 Production Intern, Amherst Media, Amherst, MA
2011 Film Intern, Amherst College Center for Community Engagement, Amherst, MA
PERSONAL VISUAL & WRITTEN WORK
2016– Al Otro Lado, feature documentary (in production)
2016 Bajo El Fuego Del Sol, mobile photography
2015 How We Were, scanner photography
2015 Cuídate (Take Care): A Look Into Family, Mourning, and Image-Making In the (Cuban) Immigrant Family, film theory thesis, 40 pages
            ^{Awarded Film and Media Studies Award from Amherst College}
2015 Milagroso Azul, short experimental documentary, 29 min
            ^{Awarded Film and Media Studies Award, Alpha Delta Phi and David P. Patchel Memorial Grant from Amherst College}
2015 Mirada de Mil Metros, short film, 10 min
2014 Palimpsest, short experimental documentary, 9 min
            ^{Awarded Best Documentary and Best of Amherst prizes at the 2014 Five College Film Festival}
AWARDS, GRANTS, SCHOLARSHIPS
2022 Union Plus: Writers Guild of America, East Scholar
2022 Amherst College Memorial Fellow
2021 Hispanic Scholarship Fund Scholar
2021 Norman Topping Fellow, USC School of Cinematic Arts
2021 George Lucas Scholar, USC School of Cinematic Arts
2018 Video: Social News & Information Webby (Nominated), Yahoo News' Unfiltered, The Webby Awards
2015 Film & Media Studies Award, Milagroso Azul and Cuídate (Take Care): A Look Into Family, Mourning, and Image-Making In the (Cuban) Immigrant Family, Amherst College
2015 Richard D. Fairbend, Jr. Scholar, Amherst College
2014 Alpha Delta Phi and David P. Patchel Memorial Grant, Milagroso Azul, Amherst College
2014 Best Documentary Prize and Best of Amherst Prize, Palimpsest, Five College Film Festival
2012 Eugene P. Angrist 1959 Scholar, Amherst College
2009 QuestBridge Scholar, QuestBridge and Amherst College
OTHER EXPERIENCE
2020– Latinx Writers Salon Member, Writers Guild of America, East, New York, NY
2019-2021 GMG Union Diversity Committee Member, Writers Guild of America, East, New York, NY
2016-2018 Young Professionals Leadership Steering Committee Member, New York Immigration Coalition, New York, NY
SCREENINGS
Amherst College, Amherst, MA
2014 Five College Film Festival, Amherst, MA
PRESS
2015 "Political yet Personal: Student Documentaries Explore Torture and Immigration", Amherst College News & Events. Online.