From an award-winning documentary to high-impact video for the Internet, JJ’s productions capture the unique story within a complex issue. She creates provocative, meaningful video messages that inspire and motivate: real people, global experiences and diverse perspectives that challenge and enlighten.
JJ’s Internet productions bring websites to life. Recent projects include One World, a call-to-action clip branding the anti-poverty mission of a global development think tank, and Common Ground, the story of an up-and-coming, visionary leader of a youth organization promoting religious pluralism in a post-9/11 world.
She conceptualized, developed and produced Refrigerator Mothers, about mother’s who were blamed for causing autism in their children the 50s and 60s. The film won multiple awards, including Best Documentary at the Sedona International Film Festival, 2002 and the Grand Jury Award at the Florida Film Festival, 2002. It was an official selection at the Full Frame Documentary Film Festival, 2002.
She has also managed project and client communications for a national PBS business series with emphasis on web-based interfaces.
A breadth of real-world, global experiences contribute to JJ’s grasp of the promise and possibility of new media to address the cultural challenges brought on by globalization. She lived in Turkey, revolutionary Iran, Spain and Mexico, and spent several years trading financial securities in New York and London before becoming a writer/producer.
JJ graduated cum laude from Dartmouth College and speaks Spanish.
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