Jennifer Peterson(I)
- Actress
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.