Writer/Director Jenée LaMarque on Relationships

Published: June 10, 2017, 7:46 a.m.

Jenée 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.

Jenée 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, Jenée was a finalist for the Tribeca Film Festival's “The Nora” 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’s Seattle International Film Festival.

Follow Jenée @jeneelamarque