Jenna Payne rented Robert Wise’s “The Haunting” for her 2nd grade slumber party and has proudly creeped out friends, family, and colleagues ever since. She won an award for her first ever short film “Feline Frenzy” and has continued to challenge herself with each project.
Jenna worked as a line producer prior to her disability, crafting miracles on a shoestring for many years. For the past few years, Jenna has been building this production company and incubator for emerging filmmakers in the genre space and is seeking collaborators who love horror, action, sci fi, and crime as much as she does.
She worked with the 501c3 non-profit Cinefemme to support and promote women filmmakers in the industry. She founded and ran their dinner mentorship series called Dinner with Dames that put diverse women at the table with Hollywood movers and shakers for mentorship opportunities. The series hosted guests such as Paul Feig, Dean Cundey, and Zoe Bell.
A storyteller at heart, Jenna’s scripts have placed in multiple industry contests, and she has since incorporated development into her work, polishing all Disaster Capital scripts in concert with the creative teams who love her notes. Jenna has a few award-winning short films that toured film festivals and has published a full color comic book from her madcap series “Zompire Vixens from Pluto!” Jenna is eager to make her mark and build a sustainable way for Hollywood to uplift diverse storytellers – with a bite.
