Jane Wagner
Jane Wagner (’21) is a documentary filmmaker based in Brooklyn, New York. Her work focuses on internet communities and technology’s effects on mental health and our emotional lives. Jane was a supervising producer on the long-running Travel Channel series “Mysteries at the Museum,” a director/producer for National Geographic Wild and an associate producer on the Emmy-award winning series “Anthony Bourdain: Parts Unknown.” Her work has been supported by the Sundance Institute and Skywalker Sound.
As a Logan fellow, Jane will work on her feature directorial debut, “Break the Game,” which follows Narcissa Wright, who live streams every minute of her quest to be the world’s fastest player of the video game Legend of Zelda. When her isolated digital existence begins to crack, Narcissa must decide her fate: will she embrace love and adventure in the real world, or will she be seduced again by the glow of the computer screen?