Jacqueline Farmer - Film Director/Producer and wildlife cinematographer

Jacqueline Farmer is Film Director/Producer and wildlife cinematographer known for her work in Snow (2019) and Hurricane (2015). She has been working as a Film Director/Producer since January 2000. After completing her higher studies in broadcast journalism and biology, Jacqueline Farmer started working for Radio France International, BBC World Service, and various press outlets.

After this, Jacqueline joined Saint Thomas College of Arts and Sciences (Minnesota) in 2002, where she has helmed award-winning science and natural history projects as a director and producer. For the past 13 years, Jacqueline Farmer has worked with Discovery, Arte, National Geographic, France 2, Channel Four, etc. she is also working on numerous films and series. "Hurricane" is her first feature film.

Festival Director - Nature through her Eyes

A childhood close to nature and land founded Jacqueline Farmer's lifelong interest in attempting to understand the natural world and human place in it. So, in 2019, Jacqueline set up the "Nature: Through Her Eyes" Festival with war photographer Gary Knight. 

In October 2019, in Perpignan, France, the Nature: Through Her Eyes festival was held to create and celebrate the space for women's accomplishments in nature storytelling and explore what a feminine perspective means to a woman in their portrayal of nature. The festival was a free event open to the public and supported panelists' participation from across the globe.

In the early months of 2019, Gary Knight (VII Academy founder) and Jacqueline Farmer began discussing the inequities that women face in the media industry, specifically in storytelling and art that portrays the natural world. Both Gary and Jacqueline wanted to create a space for women to feel uplifted in the media industry and gain the resources and tools they needed to succeed in challenging, often male-dominated spaces.

The Nature: Through Her Eyes festival explored what a feminine perspective means to women in their portrayal of nature and their storytelling and answers the question "why it is important for society as a whole". The VII Academy hosted the festival, and it celebrated & highlighted the roles of women in arts, including writers, filmmakers, photographers, and camera and sound operators. 

The event also created a space for women's ideas and work that is both innovative and important for all the audiences to see, regardless of gender, which expresses hope for future storytellers and media audiences.