Raye Rivera
Adjunct Professor of Media Studies
Raye Rivera is an Atlanta-based independent filmmaker and educator. During her time in independent production, she worked in the camera department as a first and second assistant camera, G&E and script supervisor. Her resume includes work on feature films, short films, music videos and web series. Currently, Rivera’s focus has landed on directing, screenwriting and cinematography.
She is a current adjunct at Chattahoochee Technical College and a graduate of Georgia State University’s M.F.A. digital filmmaking program. She is an adjunct professor in the Department of Journalism and Media Studies.
Education
- M.F.A., Digital Filmmaking, Georgia State University
- B.A., Film and Media, Georgia State University
- A.A., Communications, Georgia Highlands College
Specialty
Digital filmmaking, 16mm film production, 35mm photography, directing, screenwriting, editing and cinematography
Professional Interests
Rivera is a queer community-based filmmaker based Atlanta. Her films focus on crafting socially thematic, character-driven works while utilizing a variety of film modes across the narrative, documentary and experimental realms. She is slowly switching over to celluloid filmmaking.
Rivera has started to explore the realm of celluloid film. She is currently creating an experimental documentary in 16mm film, as well as capturing Atlanta’s diverse communities in 35mm photography. Filmmaking as her art is ever-evolving as she continues to live life and create films.
Rivera’s film, Let It Out, was a finalist at the SFQP Cinequeer Film Night in May 2025.
Recent Publications
- Georgia Shorts Film Festival, June 2026
- Was an official selection for the film festival
- Film: Let it Out (2024) dir. Raye Rivera
- Award: Best Experimental Film
- Panorama Film Festival: A Film Festival for Queer and Trans Youth, January 2026
- Was an official selection for the film festival
- Film: Let it Out (2024) dir. Raye Rivera
- New Orleans Film Festival, August 2025
- House Of____ (2025) dir. Raye Rivera
- Made it to the semifinals of the New Orleans Film Festival’s
South Pitch Documentary 2025 program
Contact Raye Rivera
rivera_r@mercer.edu
Office: Murphy Center for Collaborative Journalism, Room 115