Harriet Marin Jones

Award-winner director and producer, Harriet Marin Jones grew up in different countries in Europe. After studying at Loyola University in Chicago and American University in Washington, D.C. where she received a BA in visual media and was voted Best student in the department, she pursued her Masters in Cinema Studies at New York University. During her studies, she wrote and directed a dozen short films that won numerous awards. She started her career as assistant director on feature films in the US and France, while evaluating scripts for two major French broadcasters. Through the years, she wrote and directed two high budgets short films, followed by her first feature film, "Epouse-Moi" distributed by Gaumont. In parallel, she has worked as a script doctor, directed a play by Ray Cooney, and co-produced and directed the pilot for a outcome for France 2. In 2008, she started her own film and TV company, Abelart Productions. In 2017, she created and launched in Paris two online-course platforms that now totalize over 70 000 students. Harriet has two children, lives in Paris, has traveled to over 100 countries and has just finished her third novel. "King of Kings: Chasing Edward Jones", her first documentary has already won over a dozen awards.