J.R. Hardman
Producer, Director
J.R. Hardman (she/her) serves as Associate Producer at PBS Utah for the award-winning series This is Utah and Utah Insight. She previously served as Operations Manager for Sundance Institute Artist Programs; as Senior Tour Manager for Campus Movie Fest, the world's largest student film festival; and as Technical Director for Camp Flix kids filmmaking camp.
J.R. has created short films which have premiered at a variety of festivals including Outfest and the Hot Springs Documentary Film Festival. She earned her BA in Cinema/Television Production and Spanish from the University of Southern California. J.R.’s first feature-length documentary as director, Reenactress, is currently in production.
She is a member of the Steering Committee of the Utah Documentary Association and is on the Board for the Documentary Producers Alliance.