Jennifer Cooney

Screenwriter, Director and Producer

Moscow, Pennsylvania

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May 2015

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About Jennifer

Jennifer Cooney was raised in a small Pennsylvania town, where her earliest and closest influence was her family: a close-knit group of hardworking, leading edge, business owners with hearts of gold. From a very early age, she was an astute observer of her surroundings; no detail, grand or minute, of character or circumstance escaped her attention. She nursed her innate curiosity of the human condition with poetry, photography, psychology, and film, constantly building the mental and emotional library of understanding within her.

In college, she followed her passions, studying English, Communication & Rhetorical Studies, Psychology, and Philosophy, graduating with two majors and a double minor, all with Honors. Yet, her hunger to communicate human connection, her yearning to understand the human condition, and her quest to find answers to life’s perennial questions remained unsatiated. Then, in a flash of what she can only describe as a Higher Calling, she knew her most authentic truth could only be expressed through the art of film. From that day forward, she has been on a disciplined and heart-driven path of expansion and expression, all ways leading to the Divine Expression of Love, Light, and her Truest Self through her creations. HalfJack Generation is both the platform and the launching pad for her stories.

Jennifer is also a four-time published poet, a still photographer, and a painter, residing in the countryside of Pennsylvania with her wife, artist JFo, and three dogs.

Unique traits: Gender-fluid lesbian. Driven, meticulous, articulate, poetic, honest, and dedicated to elevated, universal storytelling. Received hands-on training across the gamut of filmmaking by participating in every step of the making of her first feature film, Rain Beau's End.

Gender:
Female

Height:
5' 5"

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Credits

Wild Fire (2021 - 2023)
Film by HalfJack Generation (Drama) Writer + Director + Producer Seven acquaintances get radically honest about their lives.
Rain Beau's End (2019 - 2020)
Film (Drama) Writer + Producer When a prominent lesbian couple adopts a problem child in the 90s, his diagnosed predisposition for violence threatens their hard-won acceptance in suburbia.

Awards

Red Dirt Jury Award: WINNER Best Original Score, Brianna Tam for Wild Fire
(2023)
Red Dirt Jury Award: WINNER Best Actress, Celeste Marcone for Wild Fire
(2023)
Red Dirt Jury Award: Nominee Best Director, Jennifer Cooney for Wild Fire
(2023)
Red Dirt Jury Award: Nominee Best Editing, Jennifer Cooney for Wild Fire
(2023)
Red Dirt Jury Award: Nominee Best Feature Film for Wild Fire
(2023)
Red Dirt Jury Award: Nominee Best Cinematography, Scott Jacoby for Wild Fire
(2023)
Red Dirt Jury Award: Nominee Best Actress, Jillian Geurts for Wild Fire
(2023)
Red Dirt Jury Award: Nominee Best Actress, Madeleine Dee for Wild Fire
(2023)
Red Dirt Jury Award: Nominee Best Actor, Todd Licea for Wild Fire
(2023)
Marbella International Film Festival Jury Award: Nominee Best Director for Wild Fire
(2023)
Shockfest Jury Award: Nominee Best Drama for Wild Fire
(2023)
qFlix Film Festival Audience Favorite Feature Film WINNER for Rain Beau’s End
(2020)
qFlix Film Festival Cardwell Grand Jury Prize NOMINEE for Rain Beau’s End
(2020)

Education

Duquesne University
(2002-2006)