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Jennifer Steinman Sternin

  • Editor
  • Producer
  • Writer
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Jennifer Steinman Sternin has directed, produced and edited award-winning content for film and television for over 20 years. Her credits as Director include "Hi, I'm Nancy Rubin" (Director/Executive Producer, HBOMax/Discovery+, 2022), "Gramma & Ginga: The Movie" (Director, Peacock, 2020), "Desert Runners" (Director/Producer, IDFA, 2013) and "Motherland" (Director/Producer, SXSW Audience Award Winner, 2009). She also Produced Emmy Award® winner "Time for Ilhan" (Tribeca FIlm Festival, 2018), and Field Produced/Co-Wrote "Dear Santa, The Series" (Hulu, 2022). Her fiction Directing debut, "The Other Road" (2023), is on the film festival circuit.

Steinman Sternin is also an accomplished film editor whose films have been accepted into many major film festivals including Tribeca, Rotterdam, and Sundance. Most recently she edited "Dear Santa" (IFC Films, 2020) and was the Lead Editor of "Pick of the Litter: The Series" (Disney+). She has produced and edited content for ABC, MTV, PBS, Discovery, Nat Geo and many other television networks. She won a Telly Award and has been nominated for an Emmy® Award for Outstanding Achievement in Editing. Jennifer is the Founder of Walnut & Rose Pictures, a boutique production company in the San Francisco Bay Area. She has several new films in development, has done a TEDx talk and does speaking engagements around the world.
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      • 5 wins & 1 nomination total

    Known for

    Desert Runners (2013)
    Desert Runners
    7.5
    • Editor(as Jennifer Steinman)
    • 2013
    Motherland (2009)
    Motherland
    5.7
    • Editor(as Jennifer Steinman)
    • 2009
    The Other Road (2023)
    The Other Road
    Short
    • Editor
    • 2023
    Dear Santa, the Series (2022)
    Dear Santa, the Series
    TV Mini Series
    • Editor

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    Editor



    • Thaw
      • Editor
      • 2025
    • Dear Santa, the Series (2022)
      Dear Santa, the Series
      TV Mini Series
      • Editor
      • 2024
    • Chloe Goshay in Empowered, Energy Heroes (2023)
      Empowered, Energy Heroes
      TV Mini Series
      • Editor
      • 2023
    • The Other Road (2023)
      The Other Road
      Short
      • Editor
      • 2023
    • Gramma and Ginga: The Movie (2021)
      Gramma and Ginga: The Movie
      8.2
      Short
      • Editor
      • 2021
    • Dear Santa (2020)
      Dear Santa
      6.4
      • Editor
      • 2020
    • Pick of the Litter (2019)
      Pick of the Litter
      8.0
      TV Mini Series
      • lead editor
      • 2019–2020
    • Born a Fighter
      Short
      • Editor
      • 2019
    • Unstoppable
      Short
      • Editor
      • 2018
    • DiAna's Hair Ego Remix (2017)
      DiAna's Hair Ego Remix
      7.2
      Video
      • Editor
      • 2017
    • She Started It (2016)
      She Started It
      7.8
      • Editor (as Jennifer Steinman)
      • 2016
    • Washed Away (2016)
      Washed Away
      8.4
      Short
      • Editor (as Jennifer Steinman)
      • 2016
    • Miss Tibet: Beauty in Exile (2014)
      Miss Tibet: Beauty in Exile
      6.8
      • Editor (as Jennifer Steinman)
      • 2014
    • Desert Runners (2013)
      Desert Runners
      7.5
      • Editor (as Jennifer Steinman)
      • 2013
    • Eden Eats
      9.4
      TV Series
      • Editor (as Jennifer Steinman)
      • 2012

    Producer



    • Dear Santa, the Series (2022)
      Dear Santa, the Series
      TV Mini Series
      • field producer
      • 2022–2024
    • Lucinda Williams and Avery Hellman in Finding Lucinda (2023)
      Finding Lucinda
      • co-producer
      • 2023
    • Hi, I'm Nancy Rubin (2022)
      Hi, I'm Nancy Rubin
      • executive producer
      • 2022
    • Dear Santa (2020)
      Dear Santa
      6.4
      • field producer
      • 2020
    • Born a Fighter
      Short
      • co-producer
      • 2019
    • Time for Ilhan (2018)
      Time for Ilhan
      4.7
      • producer
      • 2018
    • DiAna's Hair Ego Remix (2017)
      DiAna's Hair Ego Remix
      7.2
      Video
      • producer
      • 2017
    • Daddy Don't Go (2015)
      Daddy Don't Go
      7.3
      • consulting producer (as Jennifer Steinman)
      • 2015
    • Desert Runners (2013)
      Desert Runners
      7.5
      • producer (as Jennifer Steinman)
      • 2013
    • Final Witness (2012)
      Final Witness
      7.6
      TV Series
      • story producer (as Jennifer Steinman)
      • 2012
    • Motherland (2009)
      Motherland
      5.7
      • producer (as Jennifer Steinman)
      • 2009

    Writer



    • Dear Santa, the Series (2022)
      Dear Santa, the Series
      TV Mini Series
      • writer
      • 2022–2024
    • The Other Road (2023)
      The Other Road
      Short
      • Writer
      • 2023
    • She Started It (2016)
      She Started It
      7.8
      • Writer (as Jennifer Steinman)
      • 2016
    • A Little Revolution: A Story of Suicides and Dreams (2010)
      A Little Revolution: A Story of Suicides and Dreams
      9.0
      • Writer (as Jennifer Steinman)
      • 2010

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      • Desert Runners Official Site
      • Jennifer Steinman dot com
    • Alternative names
      • Jennifer Steinman

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