Lanterna is a film and video production company established by Jesse Kreitzer. Jesse is a Vermont-based filmmaker whose documentary and narrative films explore rural life, folk cultures, and traditions. His work has garnered both Oscar®-qualifying and regional Emmy® awards, and screened at galleries, museums, and festivals worldwide including The National Gallery of Art, Museum of the Moving Image, Biografilm, Raindance, Camden, and Oldenburg. His films have been distributed on PBS, Vermont PBS, Directors Notes, Film Threat, BooooomTV, and Omeleto.

Kreitzer holds a Master of Fine Arts degree, summa cum laude, in Cinema and Comparative Literature from the University of Iowa, and a Bachelor of Arts degree, magna cum laude, in Visual & Media Arts from Emerson College. He has received support from the LEF Foundation, Kodak, AARP, National Arts Strategies, Massachusetts Cultural Council, and the Vermont Arts Council with funding from the National Endowment for the Arts. He currently lives in southern Vermont where he spends his free time restoring a 1830 schoolhouse.

PRESS & PUBLICATIONS

2023
Brattleboro Reformer, Pulling the Rug Out
2022
Press Release, LEF Foundation Announces $45,000 in Pre-production and Early Development Grants
Brattleboro Reformer, In Brattleboro Filmmaking Program, Students Learn the Real Deal
2021
Vermont Biz, VAC Issues Creation Grants to 23 Outstanding Artists
Vermont Arts Council, Strategic Action Planning (Advisor)
2018
PBS, Behind the Lens: Black Canaries
MNFF, Filmmaker Forum: Jesse Kreitzer
Film Threat, Black Canaries
Directors Notes, Black Canaries by Jesse Kreitzer
Backpacker Guide to Creativity in VT, The Vision of Black Canaries
Jackson Free Press, Haunted by Black Canaries
2017
Vermont Business Magazine, VSO Made in Vermont Tour 2017
The Commons, A Winning Combination
Take Magazine, Jesse Kreitzer: Truth in Filmmaking I PDF
Seven Days, Vermont Filmmaker to Create Film on Elder Care I PDF
2016
Little Village, UI Film Grad Wins Back-to-Back Grand Jury Prizes
Seven Days, Newbies and Stars at the Middlebury Film Fest
Boston Globe, Previewing the Woods Hole Film Festival at 25
2015
Iowa Alumni Magazine, Letters to the Editor
Iowa Alumni Magazine, Feature: Black Canaries
Little Village, Mining Family History
Little Village, Kreitzer Unearths The Past
Atlanta Film Festival, Monthly Blog
Boston Globe, Are There Contenders in the Glovebox?
2014
Boston Globe, Indie Spirit in Woods Hole
Iowa City Press Citizen, Inspired by Ancestors
Seven Days, Canaries in a Cinematic Coal Mine
Daily Iowan, Mining Cinema
The Commons, Driven to Tell Stories
The Artery WBUR Boston NPR®, Best of the IFFB
Iowa Alumni Magazine, The Future of Film
Iowa Now, Making a Scene Downtown
2011
Brattleboro Reformer, Home is Where the Art Is
NewtonTAB, NewTV Producer Confronts Grief
Imagine Magazine, Make the Wake

DOWNLOADS

Delta Bell - Prospectus
Delta Bell - Reference Material
Black Canaries - Press Stills
Black Canaries - Production Packet
Black Canaries - Storybook (Concept Art)
Black Canaries - Visual Key
The Murder Ballad of James Jones - Press Stills
The Murder Ballad of James Jones - Poster
Lomax - Stills
Lomax - Poster