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Independent filmmaker Jen Prince joins Mark and Joe to discuss one of her favorite shows, Veronica Mars.
As a red-headed girl, Jen thought she might talk about Anne of Green Gables, but she figured that Joe — who is from Prince Edward Island (PEI) — might be sick of hearing about her.
As an indie filmmaker, Jen has had to wear a lot of different hats, including producer and director. She did acting in her undergrad, but soon discovered a talent for producing theatre. She then went to USC for film school, where she did a graduate degree. She’s worked in television, including reality TV shows such as The Amazing Race. Eventually, she landed on producing indie movies and teaching when she’s not making films.
Jen picked Veronica Mars because of the strong female character. It’s also a coming of age story, which Jen loves. “Personally, I started watching the show after I had a baby. I binged the whole first season.”
She loved the cinematography. She loved the fact that it was a noir set in a high school and that it was coming of age story. She loved the acting, particularly Kristen Bell’s, who came of age as an actor during the show.
She also was fascinated by the production history of the show, which had three seasons originally. Then there was a movie. And finally, a fourth season set many years after the first season.
If you haven’t watched Veronica Mars before hearing Jen, you’ll want to after!
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Hailing from south Texas, Jen Prince is a director with a passion for putting authentic, messy, brazen women on film. She graduated from USC MFA Film Production Program (Harold Lloyd Scholarship), after earning her BFA in Acting and a BA in Liberal Arts at the University of Texas at Austin.
Her work in virtual reality earned her a Sports Emmy Nomination for Digital Innovation (XXIV OLYMPIC WINTER GAMES First 8k Immersive Livestream). She produced and edited, together with her producing partner Jhennifer Webberley, an immersive feature-length shared reality experience of Cirque du Soleil’s “O” for the new COSM domes opening around the country.
Her feature directorial debut, MILES UNDERWATER, is a coming-of-age magical realism film about a Hurricane Katrina evacuee on the anniversary of the storm. It’s in post-production.
An independent producer and member of the PGA, Jen produced 7000 MILES (Wendie Malick) which world premiered at Dances with Films Festival. Jen produced & co-edited the indie feature QUALITY PROBLEMS (Chris Mulkey, Mo Gaffney), available on VOD. It won Best Independent Spirit Feature, Sedona Film Festival, Best Feature at Women Texas Film Festival, Hell’s Half Mile Festival, among other critical acclaim.
Jen produced AND THEN THERE WAS EVE, (Tania Nolan, Karan Soni, Mary Holland, Rachel Crowl) for Metamorfic Productions, which won a Jury Award at the Los Angeles Film Festival. She also produced EVE OF UNDERSTANDING (Rebecca Lowman, Bellamy Young), Vanguard Cinema.
To Hold the Night, is a film on the festival circuit that Jen shot in Bayfield.
An advocate for women in film, Jen is a mother of four boys and loves trying to keep up with them and, at times, watching the grass grow. Learn more about her at her production company’s website and buy her field guide to creating VR content here!
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