FILMMCQUEEN

HOW WE GOT OUR NAME

FilmMcQueen is a film production company and has produced five short films: “Dog Gone,” which was director’s pic at the Woods Hole Film Festival;  “A Host of Daffodils,” which has played in 16 festivals, earned 2 awards, was nominated 4 times for best short film and is distributed by Big Film Shorts (www.bigfilmshorts.com);  “Carrie’s Choice,” which played an abbreviated 3 month festival run, won 1 award, was nominated once for best short, was a finalist in the USA Film Festival and is being distributed by Intermedia (www.intermedia-inc.com), and "The Touch," which was completed, October 2007. It is enjoying a successful festival run with over 25 festivals to date, winning best dramatic short at the Ft. Worth Gay and Lesbian Film Festival, with TV distribution through HERE TV in the winter of 2008.  Their fifth, "MOM." is currently screening at festivals and received distribution through Intermedia Inc.

JANE CLARK   (producer, writer, director)

As a director, Jane is currently prepping a feature film, "Elena Undone," for writer/director Nicole Conn. The project shoots in January. Immediately following she will begin preproduction on her feature directorial debut, "Meth Head," which she also wrote.

In 2001, two days after 9/11 our  dog, McQueen, was stolen out of our yard. He was a wedding present and was greatly loved. We named him McQueen because he was a Papillon, and  we thought it was cute to name him after Steve McQueen from the movie, "Papillon."

The loss of McQueen was heartbreaking and we were not willing to take it lying down. We went to great lengths to get him back, including following the advice of a pet communicator! After four months of searching we had to accept that we would probably never see McQueen again.

In 2003, we made a movie about our experience, which turned out to be a very universal story. The movie found success and was the beginning of our company. So in honor of our little dog and in acknowledgment of all he taught us, we named our company after him. Of course, there was the film part, too. And, thus was born, FilmMcQueen.

              As writer/directorJane  sixth short film, "Beyond Words," whch incorporates dance into a story about a woman seeking to reclaim her identity which has been lost to her children and her husband's career. The film is being produced by Pete Maggi at Blue Star Movies ("Merchant of Venice," Head in the Clouds") and Barbara Martins for Essence Entertainment. It premiered, June '09, at the Provincetown International Film Festival and recently won the Illuminate award from the Lady Filmmaker's Festival

               Her fourth short film, "The Touch," is based the true story of Renee Vivien, a celebrated lesbian poet and her romance with Kerime Turkhan Pasha, a married Islamic woman. The film is fiscally sponsored by Women Make Movies, received the Panasonic Digital Filmmaker Grant and a cash grant from the Arch and Bruce Brown Foundation of Palm Springs California.

Jane's third short film, "Carrie's Choice," is a narrative about a girl who becomes pregnant and must make a difficult decision. The project is fiscally sponsored by Women Making Movies (www.wmm.com), was  awarded  the Panasonic Digital Filmmaker's Grand Prize for 2005 and was supported in-kind by Planned Parenthood - LA.

Jane  began her career as an actress in independent films and on television shows such as “Chicago Hope.” In 2002, she directed and produced her first short film, “Dog Gone,” and followed with 2004’s award-winning “A Host of Daffodils,” and 2005's “Carrie’s Choice.”. The second two scripts were also written by Jane.

Jane has spoken on  a number of panels covering film production, fundraising, marketing and distribution, most recently addressing the topic of filmmakers and social change. She is currently writing a book on making short films from Idea through Distribution, and is also a board memeber and programmer for the Woods Hole Film Festival in Cape Cod, Massachussets.

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