jasmine lynea is a queer storyteller, film director, and visual artist whose work imagines Black futures rooted in intimacy, joy, and myth. jasmine wrote, directed, and edited the sci-fi fantasy short The Love Machine, which premiered at BlackStar Film Festival and later winning the Audience Award at the United We Heal Film Festival

In 2023, their bold, eccentric approach to visual storytelling earned them fellowships and grants from Mural Arts Philadelphia, The Velocity Fund, Flaherty’s Queer-World Mending program, IPMF, and Scribe Video Center, founded by documentarian Louis Massiah.

In the winter of 2025, jasmine was awarded the Paul Robeson Creative Arts Grant and began their residency with NextFab x Leeway. The residency culminated in the opening of The Love Machine [reprise]—an immersive installation debuting their collage work and wood-based sculptures, expanding their cinematic universe into physical space.

jasmine is currently completing their new folkloric short film, Della Can Fly!, while developing and writing their upcoming feature film.