Jonathan Furnell is a media artist, experimental filmmaker, musician and educator. Jonathan's work explores environment and the supernatural, the Appalachian South, and the space between sight and sound. His work aims to create a kind of “bluegrass” film, drawing on hillbilly histories and the paradox of Appalachia. He is passionate about Appalachian media representation, archival/lost media as well as analog, experimental and collaborative film culture. He is currently based in Wilmington, NC but his home is the southern Blue Ridge Mountains. He holds an MFA from the University of North Carolina Wilmington