Jonathan Furnell is a media artist, filmmaker and musician. Jonathan's work explores landscape and the supernatural, the Appalachian South, and the space between sight and sound. His work aims to create a kind of “bluegrass” film.
He holds a bachelor’s degree in Media Arts from the University of South Carolina and an MFA in filmmaking from the University of North Carolina Wilmington.
His work has appeared in the Athens International Film and Video Festival, the Cucalorus Film Festival, Cosmic Rays Experimental Film Festival, Sidewalk Film Festival, Indie Grits Film Festival and other venues.
He is passionate about Appalachian media representation, archival/lost media and experimental film culture. He is currently based in Chicago but his home is the southern Blue Ridge Mountains.