Jen\xe9e LaMarque is a writer, actor and director, known for The Pretty One, starring Zoe Kazan and Jake Johnson, and the short film Spoonful, which premiered at the Sundance Film festival in 2012.
Jen\xe9e graduated from Stanford University with a B.A. in English with a creative writing emphasis in poetry, and has an M.F.A in Screenwriting from The American Film Institute.
In 2013, Jen\xe9e was a finalist for the Tribeca Film Festival's \u201cThe Nora\u201d award for best female writer/director award. The Pretty One was also nominated for the 2014 Best Movie By a Woman by the Women Film Critics Circle, and was sold to Sony Worldwide Acquisitions.
Her new film is The Feels, which she co-wrote, directed and stars in. The Feels received its world premiere at this year\u2019s Seattle International Film Festival.
Follow Jen\xe9e @jeneelamarque