Rebecca Branson Jones

Rebecca Branson Jones (she/they) grew up on unceded Catawba land in southern Davidson County, North Carolina, in a family of public school teachers, auto mechanics, and 3rd generation dairy farmers.

Jones graduated from Appalachian State University with a degree in Broadcast Media, then continued their education there earning a Master of Arts in Appalachian Studies. They began their freelance videography and editing career in 2011.

Jones has worked with Appalshop, The Blowing Rock Art and History Museum, The Foothills Conservancy, Mars Hill University, The Blue Ridge Parkway, Anna and Elizabeth, and many Southern Appalachian musicians.

In 2016, Jones moved to Vermont to begin work as an apprentice editor with Florentine Films/Ken Burns on an 8-part documentary series titled Country Music. The project was completed in 2019 and joined the Ewers Brothers Productions in 2020 as an assistant editor on a documentary series titled Hiding In Plain Sight: Youth Mental Illness.