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Jen McGowan is a director based in LA. Her recent feature film, the survival thriller, RUST CREEK, was released in theaters by IFC Midnight and hailed as “the feminist thriller Hollywood needs right now” by Harpers Bazaar.
In television she has directed The Purge for Blumhouse/USA and The Twilight Zone for Monkeypaw/CBS All Acess. With her partner Eliza Lee, she co-created the tv series Angelica, about the last remaining abortion clinic in a MidWest state.
McGowan's first feature KELLY & CAL (Juliette Lewis, Cybill Shepherd) premiered at SXSW where she won the Gamechanger Award. It was released theatrically by IFC Films to rave reviews.
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.
In partnership with Level Forward, she is the creator of Glass Elevator, an international skill-sharing, networking & jobs resource for professional women in film & tv. With over 5,000 members, Glass Elevator was featured in Forbes and named Best in LA by LA Weekly.