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Dana Jelter

Dana Jelter

Screen Cultures and Curatorial Studies

Film and Media

MA Student

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MA Student
Dana Jennings Jelter is an Emmy award-winning producer, writer, and puppet maker pursuing her MA in Screen Cultures and Curatorial Studies. Dana holds a BA in Media Studies from Fairfield University and has also taken courses at The School of Visual Arts, San Francisco City College, and Florence University of the Arts. Her main area of research is stop-motion animation, particularly character design and audience reception to unsettling or bizarre narratives.
 
Dana鈥檚 professional experience in the entertainment industry includes positions at Nickelodeon, Lucasfilm/Industrial Light & Magic, Disney, and a bilingual theatre company based in Florence, Italy. She has been an Artist in Residence at Generator Makerspace in Burlington, Vermont, and was the co-writer of the horror game Opossum Country. Dana is the author of The Nightmare Before Christmas: The Ultimate Visual History (2025), created in collaboration with Disney and Tim Burton Productions.