Jen McGowan
Jen studied directing and acting under David Mamet at NYU’s Tisch School of Arts. Her first feature, Kelly & Cal, with Juliette Lewis and Cybill Shepherd won the Game Changer Director Award at SXSW. Her many accolades are equalled only by her passion for redressing the gender imbalance in film.
Her latest feature, thriller Rust Creek, starring Hermione Corfield, won 9 international film awards including best thriller at San Diego International Film Festival. Jen is interested in comedy, women’s issues, women’s rights, fun, lightness, narrative, scripted.

Kelly and Cal feat. Juliette Lewis - Feature film
Kelly, a punk-rocker turned suburban mom, is nostalgic for a life she can no longer have and uncertain of a future she doesn't yet fit in. Seventeen-year-old Cal is frustrated at his lack of control over the hand he's been dealt. When the two strike up an unlikely friendship, it's the perfect spark needed to thrust them both back to life.
Director: Jen McGowan
Writer: Amy Lowe Starbin
Stars: Juliette Lewis, Jonny Weston, Josh Hopkins

Rust Creek feat. Hermione Corfield - Feature Film
An ordinary woman must summon extraordinary courage to survive a nightmare odyssey in this harrowing survival thriller. Sawyer (Hermione Corfield) is an ambitious, overachieving college senior with a seemingly bright future. While on her way to a job interview, a wrong turn leaves her stranded deep in the frozen Kentucky woods.
Director: Jen McGowan
Cinematography: Michelle Lawler
Screenwriters: Julie Lipson
Produced by: Stu Pollard