Jennifer Waldo
- Producer
- Director
- Writer
Jenny Waldo combines her experience as a documentarian and a scripted narrative filmmaker to produce content that speaks to the human experience. A producer, writer, director, film educator, and accomplished crowdfunder, credits include her recent feature film directorial debut Acid Test, which premiered at the Austin Film Festival and was a 2023 nominee for Best Texas Independent Film by the Houston Film Critics Association. She associate produced the indie feature The Preacher's Daughter which sold to Lifetime, and the Starz feature documentary The Cutting Edge: The Magic of Movie Editing among various shorts, educational series, and music videos. Jenny's next feature, Martha's Mustang, was selected as a Nicholl Fellowship Quarterfinalist, garnered a development grant from the City of Houston, and was selected for several development labs including the Stowe Story Narrative Lab and is slated for a 2025 production. Her romantic comedy script Honeymoon Adventurers was recently selected as a Second Rounder at the Austin Film Festival. Exploring the suspense genre, Jenny will direct the short film Twofer in early 2024. An advocate for upcoming filmmakers, Jenny was Program Coordinator at the non-profit Southwest Alternate Media Project (SWAMP) and now teaches filmmaking at Houston Community College where she always integrates her projects as educational opportunities for her students.