Nina Salomons is an award-winning filmmaker whose work spans across various platforms. From a YouTube gaming channel to short films, feature films, documentaries and branded content. She was chosen as an emerging filmmaker as part of Modern Tales in 2017.
Besides knowing how to tell evocative stories, she is also an XR expert after working for Europe’s largest XR media website, VRFocus for two and a half years. Nina is a keen community grower with a strong belief in inclusion and diversity in emerging technology. This is clear in her organising, judging or curating for film festivals, to planning of hackathons. She is also one of the founders of Women in VR meet-up group in 2016, and led the VR Diversity Initiative in 2018.
You can reach out to Nina on the following channels:
LinkedIn: https://uk.linkedin.com/in/ninasalomons
Twitter: https://twitter.com/nina_salomons
Instagram: @jellybeefilms
JellyBeeFilms: https://www.jellybeefilms.com/documentaries.html
Some recommendations by Nina:
- White Elephant film
- Chris Long, a VR Memorial: https://jellybeefilm.wordpress.com/2019/05/12/whats-it-like-attending-a-memorial-in-virtual-reality/
- Journey: https://youtu.be/oD7KWAQr8Q8?t=1742
- The Last of Us: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W01L70IGBgE
- Minecraft Yogscast Series: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4UdEFmxRmNE&list=PLF60520313D07F366
- VR Diversity Initiative: https://vrdi.uk/
- Books: Non-Bullshit Innovation - Radical Ideas from the World's Smartest Minds; The unexpected truth about animals
