---
name: "Jane Schoenbrun"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/jane-schoenbrun"
fi1m_id: "jane-schoenbrun"
imdb_id: "nm5313125"
tmdb_id: 1827119
wikidata_id: "Q61641240"
roles: ["Director","Writer"]
born: "5 February 1987"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 3
average_fi1m_score: 77
average_as: "director"
average_over: 2
updated: "2026-09-30T22:36:58.066315+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
---

# Jane Schoenbrun

## Identity

Jane Schoenbrun

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/jane-schoenbrun
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** jane-schoenbrun
- **IMDb ID:** nm5313125
- **TMDB ID:** 1827119
- **Wikidata ID:** Q61641240
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jane_Schoenbrun, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q61641240, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm5313125/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1827119

Director and writer. Born 5 February 1987 in Queens, New York, USA.

## Details

- **Work:** Director, Writer
- **Born:** 5 February 1987, Queens, New York, USA
- **Active:** 2024–present
- **Also known as:** 제인 쇼언브런, Dan Schoenbrun
- **Titles on Fi1m:** 3: 2 directing, 1 other
- **Average Fi1m score:** 77, as director, over 2 titles
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jane_Schoenbrun, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q61641240, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm5313125/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1827119

## Fi1m on Jane Schoenbrun

> Jane Schoenbrun takes seriously what people find in horror, from a way to understand their bodies to someone who shares their tastes. We rate the tenderness and the growing willingness to be funny, though the conversations sometimes need firmer cutting.

A young filmmaker and an older actress care about a fictional horror franchise, and Jane Schoenbrun lets that matter. In *Teenage Sex and Death at Camp Miasma* (2026), their attachment is funny without becoming evidence that either woman needs to grow up. It is a warm, rewarding horror romance, and it makes a persuasive case for a director who takes the audience's peculiar enthusiasms seriously.

The screens were there from the start. *A Self-Induced Hallucination* (2018) assembled YouTube videos about Slender Man into a found-footage documentary. *We're All Going to the World's Fair* (2021) used internet aesthetics to explore dysphoria and bodily transformation. *I Saw the TV Glow* (2024) made gender transition and media obsession central to its story. Across these films, Schoenbrun keeps returning to people using what they watch to approach feelings they cannot easily name.

The move from those intimate, experimental beginnings towards more polished, playful genre films has not meant abandoning those concerns. In *Camp Miasma*, the gore, sexual curiosity and absurdity can share a story without anyone having to explain why they deserve to be there. Schoenbrun's screenplay allows tastes that its characters might struggle to defend. Being silly gives the romance room to develop without turning it into a lesson in self-acceptance.

Hannah Einbinder and Gillian Anderson keep *Camp Miasma*'s obsession with films personal. We were moved by the way the women's devotion to a fictional franchise offers them the possibility of company. The references matter, but Schoenbrun avoids making recognition of another horror film the only pleasure available; there is room for people who care more about the women than about their viewing history.

The weakness is Schoenbrun's reluctance to leave an interesting thought alone. Graham Mason's editing in *Camp Miasma* lets the second half wander, and discussions continue after the performers have made the point. The romance survives, but some of those conversations could be shorter without losing anything the characters need to say. Start here for Einbinder and Anderson; a taste for lengthy discussions about horror will also help.

## Biography

Jane Schoenbrun is an American filmmaker. They directed and wrote the features *We're All Going to the World's Fair* (2021), *I Saw the TV Glow* (2024) and *Teenage Sex and Death at Camp Miasma* (2026).

Schoenbrun was born on 5 February 1987 in Queens, New York, and graduated from Boston University's film programme in 2009. Their earlier work includes the documentary *A Self-Induced Hallucination* (2018), credited as Dan Schoenbrun.

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org, empireonline.com, variety.com, imdb.com.*

## On Fi1m (3)

### Directed (2) — the average rests on these

- *Teenage Sex and Death at Camp Miasma* (2026), Fi1m 80, Writer, Director — [page](https://film.one/film/teenage-sex-and-death-at-camp-miasma.md)
- *I Saw the TV Glow* (2024), Fi1m 74, Writer, Director — [page](https://film.one/film/i-saw-the-tv-glow.md)

### Also credited (1) — thanks, archive footage, uncredited

- *Sorry, Baby* (2025), Fi1m 81, Thanks — [page](https://film.one/film/sorry-baby.md)

## Complete filmography (43)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *Castration Movie Chapter iii.ii Junior Ghosts—Premorphic Drift; a fragmentary passage* (2026), as Kane
- *The Arrow at Rest at Every Instant of its Flight* (2026), Executive Producer
- *Teenage Sex and Death at Camp Miasma* (2026), Writer, Director — Fi1m 80, [page](https://film.one/film/teenage-sex-and-death-at-camp-miasma.md)
- *CAMP* (2026), Thanks
- *Our Effed Up World* (2026), Producer
- *October Crow* (2026), Thanks
- *She's Nonbinary* (2026), Executive Producer
- *Obex* (2026), Thanks
- *Opener* (2025), as Claire
- *Sorry, Baby* (2025), Thanks — Fi1m 81, [page](https://film.one/film/sorry-baby.md)
- *Dream Team* (2024), Producer
- *I Saw the TV Glow* (2024), Director, Writer — Fi1m 74, [page](https://film.one/film/i-saw-the-tv-glow.md)
- *The Feeling That the Time for Doing Something Has Passed* (2024), Thanks
- *Side Hustle* (2023), Executive Producer, Thanks
- *Lucy Dacus' Night Shift* (2023), Director, Editor
- *Eyeballs in the Darkness* (2022), Thanks
- *Resurrection* (2022), Thanks
- *We're All Going to the World's Fair* (2022), Director, Writer, Editor
- *Girl Internet Show: A Kati Kelli Mixtape* (2022), Editor, Producer
- *Dick Pics! (A Documentary)* (2019), Executive Producer
- *Laying Out* (2019), Executive Producer
- *Pots N' Tots* (2019), Executive Producer
- *The Starr Sisters* (2019), Executive Producer
- *Chained for Life* (2019), as Frantic Producer (uncredited) · Producer
- *Tux and Fanny* (2019), Executive Producer
- *Total Body Removal Surgery* (2019), Executive Producer
- *Gwilliam's Tips For Turning Tricks Into Treats* (2018), Executive Producer
- *The Eyeslicer: Halloween Special* (2018), Executive Producer
- *Monsters and Men* (2018), Thanks
- *Random Acts of Flyness* (2018), series, Executive Producer
- *A Self-Induced Hallucination* (2018), Writer, Director, Editor, Producer
- *Everything Beautiful Is Far Away* (2017), Thanks
- *Village People* (2017), Writer
- *Lovewatch* (2017), Associate Producer
- *Collective: Unconscious* (2016), Executive Producer, Writer, Second Assistant Director
- *Black Soil, Green Grass* (2016), Executive Producer
- *Beemus, It'll End in Tears* (2016), Executive Producer, Second Assistant Director
- *Swallowed* (2016), Executive Producer
- *Everybody Dies!* (2016), Executive Producer
- *The School Is Watching* (2015), Writer, Editor, Producer, Director
- *Memphis* (2014), Art Department Production Assistant
- *Speechless* (2012), Co-Producer
- *Black Hole*, series, Writer, Director, Creator

## Gallery

- ![Jane Schoenbrun at the Off-Broadway Opening Night of "Color Theories," 2025](https://film.one/media/person/92660/gallery-64b4bd76f7c9.jpg) Jane Schoenbrun at the Off-Broadway Opening Night of "Color Theories," 2025 — PhilipRomanoPhoto, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/74/JaneSchoenbrun-byPhilipRomano.jpg/1280px-JaneSchoenbrun-byPhilipRomano.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Jane Schoenbrun at the Off-Broadway Opening Night of "Color Theories," 2025](https://film.one/media/person/92660/gallery-26f69ae3f1ad.jpg) Jane Schoenbrun at the Off-Broadway Opening Night of "Color Theories," 2025 — PhilipRomanoPhoto, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/58/JaneSchoenbrun-byPhilipRomano_%28cropped%29.jpg/1280px-JaneSchoenbrun-byPhilipRomano_%28cropped%29.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Jane Schoenbrun en una entrevista del 2024 de TEDDY AWARD.](https://film.one/media/person/92660/gallery-abcbd9af39ac.png) Jane Schoenbrun en una entrevista del 2024 de TEDDY AWARD. — TEDDY AWARD, CC BY 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/c/c0/Jane_Schoenbrun_2024.png?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail_unscaled)
- ![MFF day four Frank Schramm - 11 (2021)](https://film.one/media/person/92660/gallery-b2c8f0a89d7f.jpg) MFF day four Frank Schramm - 11 (2021) — Montclair Film, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/36/Jane_Schoenbrun_in_2021.jpg/1280px-Jane_Schoenbrun_in_2021.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Jane Schoenbrun](https://film.one/media/person/92660/gallery-d8208754d4a7.jpg) Jane Schoenbrun — Image via TMDB
- ![Jane Schoenbrun](https://film.one/media/person/92660/gallery-cebec51663cf.jpg) Jane Schoenbrun — Image via TMDB
- ![Jane Schoenbrun](https://film.one/media/person/92660/gallery-bec60df06449.jpg) Jane Schoenbrun — Image via TMDB
- ![MFF day four Frank Schramm - 11 (2021)](https://film.one/media/person/92660/gallery-c8e64886d7d1.jpg) MFF day four Frank Schramm - 11 (2021) — Montclair Film, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/80/MFF_day_four_Frank_Schramm_-_11_%2851631074459%29.jpg/1280px-MFF_day_four_Frank_Schramm_-_11_%2851631074459%29.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Jane Schoenbrun](https://film.one/media/person/92660/gallery-8df6c86f6a39.jpg) Jane Schoenbrun — Image via TMDB
- ![Jane Schoenbrun](https://film.one/media/person/92660/gallery-3c05e8a29d4b.jpg) Jane Schoenbrun — Image via TMDB
- ![Jane Schoenbrun](https://film.one/media/person/92660/gallery-7218a90a3ad3.jpg) Jane Schoenbrun — Image via TMDB

## Awards

### Other awards — 1 won

- Queer Palm 2026: Queer Palm (won), for *Teenage Sex and Death at Camp Miasma*

*From Wikidata, which records wins more completely than nominations.*

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