Jennica Schwartzman

Jennica Schwartzman, a member of the Screen Actors Guild and the Producer's Guild of America, is an actress/writer/producer that loves tackling a project from idea to distribution. She works alongside her husband and business/writing/producing partner, Ryan Schwartzman. Jennica led the indie dramedy "Parker's Anchor" in its multi-state theatrical release at AMC Theatres opposite Chris Marquette (Fanboys, Barry, Girl Next Door) after collecting the top award at Geena Davis' Bentonville Film Festival. Jennica also led the sex trafficking Crime Drama "Ridge Runners" (Indican/Lionsgate theatrical) in the same year as Detective Rachel Willow. Her leading roles in "Gordon Family Tree" and "Before The Lights Come Up" racked up awards at Big Bear Lake Int'l Film Fest, Eureka Springs Indie Fest, Film Fest Twain Harte, Worldfest Houston, Fayetteville Film Festival, The Int'l Family Film Fest,... & the highest honor from The Dove Foundation. Jennica has written several features as well as the book "The Indie Work-At-Home-Parent Filmmaker" (2019 release) containing a series of essays, articles, and easy-to-digest tips for the filmmaking family. Jennica has been published in the Producer's Guild Magazine "Produced By," she is a guest writer on the acclaimed entertainment industry websites MsInTheBiz.com, FilmmakingStuff.com, WomenandHollywood.com & Artemis Motion Pictures' #WomenKickAss Forum. She has been invited to speak on film festival panels, and is a teacher & workshop speaker for The International Family Film Festival's Road Scholars intergenerational filmmaking camp. Some of Jennica's most memorable articles are shared yearly in the indie filmmaking community: "Film Festival Series Part 3: How to Kill it in your QnA," "How to Break it to your Parents that you're an Indie-Work-At-Home-Parent-Filmmaker," & "Why Can't I Work on your Film for Free?" The Schwartzmans work on passion projects in their small office in Hollywood. Ryan & Jennica have 2 children.