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Jen McGowan(I)

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Jen McGowan
Jen McGowan is a director based in Los Angeles. Her recent feature film, the survival thriller, Rust Creek, was released in theaters by IFC Midnight, hailed as "the feminist thriller Hollywood needs right now" by Harper's Bazaar. When it dropped on Netflix it premiered at #3 of all film & tv in the US and stayed in the top ten for over a week. Rust Creek made the top ten on Netflix in 40 countries and was certified "fresh" 84% on Rotten Tomatoes.

McGowan's first feature, the dramedy Kelly & Cal (Juliette Lewis & Cybill Shepherd) premiered at SXSW where she won the Gamechanger Award. The film was released theatrically by IFC Films to rave reviews (71% on Rotten Tomatoes). She got her start with award-winning short films, Confessions of a Late Bloomer and Touch, which played at over a hundred festivals worldwide winning the majority and qualifying for the Oscar.

In television she has directed multiple episodes of Star Trek:Discoveryfor Secret Hideout/Paramount+ and Titans for HBOMax as well as episodes of The Twilight Zone for Monkeypaw/Paramount+ and The Purge for Blumhouse/USA. With her partner Eliza Lee she co-created the series, Angelica, about the last remaining abortion clinic in a small Midwest town and Replica, the true story of a pair of unassuming high school teachers who after their deaths were discovered to have been prolific art thieves.

She was the creator of Glass Elevator (2015-2021), the free international skill-sharing, networking & jobs resource for professional women in film & television. In that time Glass Elevator had over 5,000 members who benefited from over 300 classes & events & access to over 700 jobs. Glass Elevator was named Best in LA by LA Weekly, part of the Sundance Women's Initiative Resource and featured in Forbes.

WeForShe selected her for the DirectHer program. A Film Independent Fellow, finalist for the Clint Eastwood Filmmakers Award, recipient of the AWD Breakout Award for Excellence in Directing she was named one of Vulture's Women Directors Hollywood Should Be Hiring.

Since 2017 she has trained as an amateur boxer with Golden Gloves champ Jill Morley and Gold Medal Olympian Wayne McCullough. In her free time she hangs with her husband, documentary Director & Producer, Phil Lott, and their dog Ellie.
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Cheryl Dunye, Alison Emilio, Catherine Hardwicke, Jen McGowan, Gloria Calderón Kellett, C. Fitz, Leslie Combemale, and Liesl Tommy at an event for IMDb at San Diego Comic-Con (2016)
Jen McGowan at an event for IMDb at San Diego Comic-Con (2016)
Margaret Colin, Jen McGowan, Alysia Reiner, and Jonny Weston at an event for Kelly & Cal (2014)
Amy Lowe Starbin and Jen McGowan at an event for Kelly & Cal (2014)
Margaret Colin, Jen McGowan, and Jonny Weston at an event for Kelly & Cal (2014)

Known for

Hermione Corfield in Rust Creek (2018)
Rust Creek
5.9
  • Director
  • 2018
Kelly & Cal (2014)
Kelly & Cal
6.2
  • Director
  • 2014
The Twilight Zone (2019)
The Twilight Zone
5.9
TV Series
  • Director(as Jennifer McGowan)
Sonequa Martin-Green in Star Trek: Discovery (2017)
Star Trek: Discovery
7.0
TV Series
  • Director

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  • Christiane Paul, Luke Kleintank, Heida Reed, Carter Redwood, and Vinessa Vidotto in FBI: International (2021)
    FBI: International
  • Minka Kelly, Savannah Welch, Alan Ritchson, Anna Diop, Conor Leslie, Ryan Potter, Brenton Thwaites, Curran Walters, and Teagan Croft in Titans (2018)
    Titans
  • Sonequa Martin-Green in Star Trek: Discovery (2017)
    Star Trek: Discovery
  • The Game (2021)
    The Game
  • The Twilight Zone (2019)
    The Twilight Zone
    • (as Jennifer McGowan)
  • Jeremy Glazer, Candi Guterres, Jen McGowan, Beverly Todd, Stephanie Martin, David Hopper, Logan Stahley, Rebecca G. Stone, Brant Rotnem, and Spence Moore II in On the Ride (2020)
    On the Ride
  • The Purge (2018)
    The Purge
  • Hermione Corfield in Rust Creek (2018)
    Rust Creek
  • Kelly & Cal (2014)
    Kelly & Cal
  • Touch (2010)
    Touch
  • Confessions of a Late Bloomer (2006)
    Confessions of a Late Bloomer
  • She Never

Production Manager

  • Just Left of the Drama
  • Smash Lab (2007)
    Smash Lab
  • Living a Ballet Dream: Six Dancers Tell Their Stories (2001)
    Living a Ballet Dream: Six Dancers Tell Their Stories

Second Unit or Assistant Director

  • The Bake Shop Ghost (2009)
    The Bake Shop Ghost
  • Dead on Thursday
  • Muertas (2007)
    Muertas
  • Seneca
  • Janie (2006)
    Janie
  • In the Shadows
  • In-development projects at IMDbPro

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    • Washington, District of Columbia, USA
  • Directed music video "Chelsea Hotel" (Karen Ramos)
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    She is married to cinematographer Phil Lott.

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