Jenny Bowen (filmmaker)
Jenny Bowen | |
|---|---|
| Born | San Francisco, California, USA |
| Education | San Francisco State University |
| Occupation(s) | Screenwriter, director |
| Spouse | Richard Bowen |
Jenny Bowen is an American screenwriter and director known for her work on films like Street Music and In Quiet Night. She is married to the cinematographer Richard Bowen.[1]
Bowen intended to be an actress,[2] performing in plays while attending San Francisco State University. She later began directing stage plays before becoming interested in sound design.[3]
Bowen formulated the idea for her debut feature, Street Music, during a production lull in Francis Ford Coppola's Apocalypse Now, where she was working as a recording engineer.[4] After the success of Street Music, she went on to direct three more films.
In 1998, she retired from filmmaking and founded OneSky for all children, a global NGO that works with orphaned and abandoned children worldwide.[5] She has published a book, Wish You Happy Forever, based on her work with OneSky.[6]
In 2008, she was chosen by popular vote to carry the Olympic Torch on Chinese soil ahead of the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing.[7]
Selected filmography[edit]
- Street Music (1981)
- The Wizard of Loneliness (1988)
- In Quiet Night (1998)
- Animal Behavior (1989)
References[edit]
- ^ "Cameras Roll at UMN". Albuquerque Journal. 27 December 1984. p. 37. Retrieved 13 January 2019.
- ^ "'Street Music,' the little film that could". The Evening Sun. 1 November 1982. p. B6. Retrieved 13 January 2019.
- ^ "The labor of love in the Tenderloin". The San Francisco Examiner. 27 November 1980. p. 79. Retrieved 13 January 2019.
- ^ "New level of independent films prompts wider distribution efforts". The Baltimore Sun. 21 February 1982. p. 62. Retrieved 13 January 2019.
- ^ "Jenny Bowen". HarperCollins Speakers Bureau. Retrieved 13 January 2019.
- ^ Steimle, Joshua. "How One Social Entrepreneur Saved 100,000 Lives". Forbes. Retrieved 13 January 2019.
- ^ "US charity founder carries the torch for quake orphans". China Daily. 16 June 2008.