Jennifer Peterson

Born in Los Angeles, attended Malibu Park Junior High and Santa Monica High. After attending UCLA, Jennifer Peterson (writer, director) moved to San Francisco, where she began acting as well as writing and directing, 'no budget' short films. Her comedic short, NO NEWS SIR, received the 1994 Academy of Motion Pictures Arts & Sciences Regional Emmy Award and honors at Houston Worldfest and Charleston International Film Festival; and MISFIT, a five minute dark, psychological piece, was screened in festivals worldwide. Ms. Peterson's other directorial credits include: FROM AWARENESS TO ACTION: ENDING ABUSE TO WOMEN, a nationally distributed film on domestic violence intervention, starring Academy Award winning singer/songwriter, Irene Cara. In 1990, Jennifer won the Marin Arts Council Buck Grant for her feature screenplay, THEY DIDN'T DRAFT BEETHOVEN. In 1997, Jennifer was accepted into the American Film Institute's Directing Workshop for Women. She currently lives in Los Angles and is president of Groovy Room Films.