Jayme Kaye Gershen

Jayme Kaye Gershen is a filmmaker and photographer based in Miami, FL who uses creative nonfiction to explore emotional experiences that reflect on our human condition.

She is best known for her Emmy award-winning documentaries, SIX DEGREES OF IMMIGRATION (Short. 2019), and BIRTHRIGHT (Feature. 2023). Gershen’s latest short, GARDEN HIGH, premiered at the New Orleans Film Festival (2023), and she is currently in post-production with MANGO MOVIE, a film commissioned for the 2024 Aspen Ideas Climate Summit. She is in development for her next feature,  SIX DEGREES: THE POETICS OF A CITY IN FLUX, which has received support from the ITVS/NEH Humanities Documentary Development Fellowship, Oolite Arts, and Miami-Dade County.