Biography
Jen is a multidisciplinary storyteller rooted in documentary filmmaking. Her work meditates on memory, displacement, and belonging, examining how we connect to our environmnent, each other, and ourselves through embodiment, rituals, and play.
She holds a master’s degree in creative documentary filmmaking from DocNomads through Erasmus Mundus scholarship, which has taken her throughout Europe making films in Portugal, Hungary, and Belgium. Her works have been featured in Taiwan International Documentary Festival (TIDF), Eye Filmmuseum in Amsterdam, Visual Documentary Project in Kyoto, Nations in Visions in Manila, and broadcast programs internationally.
With over a decade of experience in directing and producing documentaries and entertainment programs for television and digital platforms in Asia-Pacific, Jen has worked with Netflix Asia, Discovery Channel Asia, Channel News Asia, AXN Asia, History Channel Asia, FYI Asia, and Sony Entertainment TV Asia.
Currently, she is the Lead Curator and Project Manager at Cinemata, an independent video platform for films on human rights and environmental issues in the Asia-Pacific. She also produces Pretty Good Podcast, a video podcast dedicated to digital rights and its intersection with social issues in the region.
Jen is currently based in PH, and is available for projects globally.
Contact:
jennntarnate(at)gmail.com