MJ Kiego

MJ Kiego is a multi-generational Deaf and queer filmmaker who graduated from Rochester Institute of Technology in 2013 with a BFA in Film. She is currently finishing her MFA in Film Production at the University of Texas in Austin, is the founder of the Deaf Film Festival in Austin, Texas, where there is a huge Deaf community striving to see films done for and with talented Deaf individuals. She worked with the award-winning Motion Light Lab housed at Gallaudet University and was the Media Director for Copper & Water, where she collaborated on video projects for the Deaf community.

MJ has written, directed and produced over 10 short films that have been nominated in various international film festivals. Some of her work such as Interpretation (2023), Dimensions (2022), so it goes. (2021), and The Pastman (2018) have gone on to win awards. MJ was also involved as an assistant editor for the Marlee Matlin: Not Alone Anymore (2025) feature documentary.

MJ wants to share amazing stories from the Deaf community created by talented Deaf individuals with the rest of the world.