Hansen Bursic

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Trans Heaven, Pennsylvania

Coming Soon | Status: In Post-Production

Jenny Jae

Coming Soon | Status: In Production

Halloween 1987

2022

The Toothmans

2018

The Pennsylvania Values Campaign

2020

Ari Bowman

2018

Hansen Bursic is a Pittsburgh-born, award-winning filmmaker and journalist based in Los Angeles. Building on the legacy of queer and trans creators before him, he has dedicated his work to not only elevating LGBTQ+ narratives through documentary but bringing radical equity to the film industry.

AWARDS

Bursic was recently named one of Temple University’s 30 Under 30 for his breakout early career acheivement. He was awarded several honors for his filmmaking including an Outstanding Writing/Directing Award from the Freese Foundation for his film “Halloween 1987″ and the Relationship First Award from the Foundation for The Contemporary Family for his film “The Toothmans.” He also received a Golden Quil Award from the Western Pennsylvania Press Club for his journalism around Pride.

AFFILIATIONS

Bursic has worked for multiple leading media and advocacy organization including Outfest, which runs the largest LGBTQ+ film festival in the world, the International Documentary Association, and on Pennsylvania Values, a campaign to add sexuality, gender identity, and expression protections to the state constitution. Bursic is a fellow of the prestigious Ford Foundation-backed Rockwood Documentary Leaders Fellowship and was selected for Traverse32’s inagural Creative Hope Incubator Program. He also serves on the board of NLGJA’s Los Angles chapter and is a member of GALECA: The Society of LGBTQ+ Entertaiment Critics.