Jenny Waldo
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...
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Jenny Waldo
- Oct 21
- 7 min
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...
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Jenny Waldo
- Jul 15
- 1 min
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...
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Jenny Waldo
- Jun 14
- 3 min
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...
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Jenny Waldo
- May 6
- 2 min
#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...
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Jenny Waldo
- Oct 30, 2021
- 5 min
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...
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Jenny Waldo
- Oct 7, 2021
- 2 min
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...
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Jenny Waldo
- Oct 7, 2021
- 1 min
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...
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Jenny Waldo
- Jun 5, 2021
- 9 min
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....
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Jenny Waldo
- May 16, 2021
- 2 min
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...
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Jenny Waldo
- Oct 3, 2020
- 1 min
Rising Tide
Manon de Reaper, creator of the wonderful review site Film Inquiry and a friend of mine, is shooting her directorial debut, a short film...
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Jenny Waldo
- May 16, 2020
- 6 min
When Stereotypes Grow Up
I’ve been thinking a lot about high school recently. With the last 4 years of my life mining experiences I had during high school to turn...
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Jenny Waldo
- Mar 20, 2020
- 1 min
My latest short film streaming for FREE!
After a year-long run exclusively on Seed&Spark, and in light of the Coronavirus forcing us inside, we’ve decided to share our...
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Jenny Waldo
- Nov 26, 2019
- 9 min
Filmmaking with a Capital F
There’s an inherent contradiction these days for marginalized filmmakers: if you want to promote diversity and equality as “normal,” as...
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Jenny Waldo
- Apr 26, 2019
- 1 min
Voyage Houston
Had a blast doing an Art & Life profile with VoyageHouston recently! Enjoy! #VoyageHouston
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Jenny Waldo
- Feb 22, 2019
- 3 min
Fundraising Call! Activist Filmmaking!
With the political, social, educational, and artistic goals for my debut feature film, instead of traditional investors, we are raising...
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Jenny Waldo
- Feb 2, 2019
- 4 min
Casting Call for Feature Film!
I’m excited to start the casting process for the feature adaptation of my short film Acid Test! Read on below for info: Title of...
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Jenny Waldo
- Jan 8, 2019
- 22 min
20 Year Anniversary
20 years ago, this month, I had my first internship in the film industry. Twenty. Years. Ago. For what it’s worth, I wanted to put that...
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Jenny Waldo
- Nov 29, 2018
- 5 min
The problem with home
I recently went home to DC to visit my parents for Thanksgiving. It had only been a year since my last visit but overall my trips back to...
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Jenny Waldo
- Nov 16, 2018
- 3 min
RIP William Goldman
Twenty years ago, I had the extraordinary privilege of meeting the screenwriter William Goldman, who passed away today. His death...
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