Jenny Deller

Jenny Deller

Writer-Director-Visualist
Passionate about storytelling in all forms, I write and direct feature films and help other creators visualize their films, commercials, TV series and music videos through lookbooks, treatments and pitch decks.
Full Bio
Jenny Deller is a screenwriter, director and producer whose films examine contemporary social issues through a feminist lens. Her debut feature, Future Weather, stars Amy Madigan, Lili Taylor, Marin Ireland and Perla Haney-Jardine as a teen conservationist abandoned by her single mother. While in development, Future Weather received the Showtime Tony Cox Award for Screenwriting and three grants from the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation for its unique exploration of climate change. It premiered at the 2012 Tribeca Film Festival and was distributed worldwide. Commissioned by the Science and Entertainment Exchange in 2014, her short documentary, Containing Addiction, explores the mind-body connection through two recovering addicts. Jenny produced the thriller Claire in Motion (Betsy Brandt, Sakina Jaffrey) which premiered at SXSW in 2016. Jenny is also a seasoned designer who loves helping fellow creators take the first step in launching their visions. Crafted to immerse viewers in story and tone, her lookbooks have a
Industry Awards
2018 - Ohio Arts Council Individual Excellence Award Grant

2015 - Wexner Center's Ohio Shorts Contest, Jury Prize

2012 - Napa Valley Film Festival, Best U.S. Narrative Feature

2012 - Hamptons International Film Festival, Alfred P. Sloan Science in Film Prize

2012 - Heartland Film Festival, Crystal Heart Award

2012 - IFP Emerging Visions Program

2011 - IFP Narrative Lab

2011 - Women in Film, Finishing Funds Grant

2010 - Film Independent, Alfred P. Sloan Fast Track Grant

2010 - Tribeca Film Institute, Alfred P. Sloan Science in Film Grant

2009 - Nantucket Film Festival, Showtime Tony Cox Award

2009 - Nantucket Screenwriters Colony

2009 - Film Independent Producers Lab

2009 - Alfred P. Sloan Science in Film Grant

2009 - Netflix Find Your Voice Competition, Finalist
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