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Metamorphosis
The only thing that's certain in life is change
This blog has been going for over 10 years and was my gateway to developing as an artist. I originally called it "Finding the Artist that Is..." as a play off my last name.
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New Substack: Finding the Artist That Is...
Last year, I set a goal for myself to be more engaged with social media on a consistent basis and so I started posting Filmmaking Tip videos every Thursday. I had a lot of different ideas about what I wanted to do and how I would go about it, including doing a few Director-on-Director interviews with fellow indie filmmakers and discovered a few things: I created 74 Filmmaking Tip videos and increased my YouTube subscribers and my engagement on social media. From a numbers sta
Jenny Waldo
Jan 914 min read


Movie Monday: Hamnet
Back when I was first building my website, and searching for direction and structure as both a person and as an artist as I came out of a nearly 17-year-long relationship, I gave myself the task of posting reviews every week for “Movie Mondays.” I haven’t done one in a long long time, but I saw Hamnet this weekend and I just HAD TO. So… spoiler alerts and all that. Forgive me if this is all a bit stream-of-consciousness but Hamnet WRECKED ME. Like I had to hold myself back fr
Jenny Waldo
Dec 15, 202512 min read


MUSTANG MARTHA launches
Back in November, we had a wonderful "soft launch" in Baytown to raise awareness for our upcoming production and on June 28th we had our...
Jenny Waldo
Jul 6, 20252 min read
New Short Film Taking Off!
As my second feature film Martha's Mustang kicks off, I'm also wrapping up/launching into the festival world my latest short film,...
Jenny Waldo
Jan 14, 20251 min read
Martha's Mustang Kicks Off!
My second feature film, Martha's Mustang kicked off active development with a community-awareness event in the Baytown area, where this inspired-by-true-story takes place! It was a lovely event at the Baytown Historical Museum where we premiered a sizzle reel featuring some of the documentary interviews with real-life characters Martha, Frank, and Don as well as an overview of where we are with the project. Check it out below! This event wouldn't have happened without the
Jenny Waldo
Dec 30, 20243 min read


Let's Make a (Short) Movie!
Great news! As I continue to pursue the longer-term goal of funding and producing my second feature film Martha's Mustang, I've also been...
Jenny Waldo
Jan 24, 20241 min read


FUNDRAISING!
I can’t believe it’s been almost a year since our amazing Table Read at the Houston Cinema Arts Festival, funded in part by the City of...
Jenny Waldo
Oct 9, 20235 min read


2nd Rounder at Austin Film Festival!
My romantic comedy Honeymoon Adventurers advanced to the Second Round in the Comedy Feature category and Enderby Entertainment Award,...
Jenny Waldo
Sep 20, 20232 min read


Continuing Ed. Fundraising Course
Super excited to be offering a Fundraising for Indie Film course through the Continuing Education department of Houston Community College...
Jenny Waldo
Sep 15, 20231 min read


Why
--- Author Chuck Palahniuk (Fight Club) interviewed on NPR's 1A I feel the need to amplify this quote as well as store it somewhere where...
Jenny Waldo
Sep 14, 20234 min read


New Project! Table Read Event
Had a phenomenal time listening to the latest draft of my feature-in-development, Martha's Mustang, come to life at the Houston Cinema...
Jenny Waldo
Nov 16, 20224 min read


Filmmaking as a Parent / Parenting as a Filmmaker
I recently wrote an article for Talkhouse which, like writing my debut feature film Acid Test, was both a personal and professional...
Jenny Waldo
Oct 21, 20227 min read


Grant $$ - here we go again!
Ecstatic to report that my Acid Test producer, Anna Tran, and I just received the Houston Arts Alliance Support for Artists and Creative...
Jenny Waldo
Jul 15, 20221 min read


LA, again
To be honest, I have a lot of mixed feelings about returning to LA for the first time in 11 years. I loved living here, and never wanted...
Jenny Waldo
Jun 14, 20223 min read


#ActivistFilmmaking
In the early 1990s, as a teenager in the DC area, a punk and an activist going to marches and protests and sit-ins and walk-outs, I was...
Jenny Waldo
May 6, 20222 min read


Just Another Day
My debut feature film, Acid Test, premiered this past week in festivals. It went as perfectly as it could have gone, I think. We had a...
Jenny Waldo
Oct 30, 20215 min read


Time Travel
I've been developing a new project based on my time living in the Czech Republic and my experiences growing up with my immigrant Czech...
Jenny Waldo
Oct 7, 20212 min read


Debut Feature Film Premiering!
Thrilled to announce that my debut feature film Acid Test will be premiering in not one but TWO film festivals this October! Go big or go...
Jenny Waldo
Oct 7, 20211 min read


Debut Novel Arrival!
My debut novel, Affinity, is now available on Kindle HERE and I couldn't be more nervous and excited to share this story with everyone....
Jenny Waldo
Jun 5, 20219 min read


Developing
When I started this website, it was on the heels of my divorce and everything felt like it was changing. Ten years later, the whirlwind...
Jenny Waldo
May 16, 20212 min read
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