Jennifer Warren

Background

She was born in the Greenwich Village section of New York City, the daughter of actress Paula Bauersmith and Doctor Barnet M. Warren, a dentist.

Education

Warren graduated from Elisabeth Irwin High School.

Career

Her uncle was Yiddish theatre actor and director Jacob Ben-Ami. Warren married producer Roger Gimbel in 1976. They had 4 children, one of them, Barney, who is a writer and editors

Roger Gimbel died April 26, 2011.

She appeared in the short-lived P. South. Your Cat Is Dead!. Warren"s film credits include Sam"s Song (1969), Night Moves (1975), Slap Shot (1977, as the frustrated wife of hockey coach Paul Newman), Another Manitoba, Another Chance (1977), Ice Castles (1978), Mutant (1984) and Fatal Beauty (1987).

She was listed as one of the twelve "Promising New Actors of 1975" in John Willis" Screen World, Volume 27. She also played a role in Steel Cowboy (1978).

Her television credits include guest roles on The Bob Newhart Show, Kojak, Cagney and Lacey, Hotel, Hooperman, and Murder, She Wrote, among others

About that same time, Warren began to develop a feature film, The Beans of Egypt, Maine, which she directed for American Playhouse and Live Entertainment. The film was selected as Best Pick of both the Seattle and Boston Film Festivals. lieutenant appeared on Public Broadcasting Service for the American Playhouse series the following year.

The film was distributed in America by Artisan Films during the 1999/2000 year and appeared on Direct television She has taught at Wesleyan University, Johns Hopkins University, University of California, Los Angeles Extension, and the University of Tel Aviv.

She is a Senior Lecturer at University of Southern California"s School of Cinematic Arts.

Achievements

• Warren made her Broadway debut in 1972 in 6 Rms Riv Vu, for which she won a Theatre World Award. Although best known as an actress in film, television and theater, Warren was accepted into the Directing Workshop for Women at the American Film Institute, where she directed the short film Point of Departure and received the Cine Golden Eagle Award, Best Drama at Aspen Film Festival, and then opened the season for the Arts & Entertainment Channel on their World Premiere Short Film Series. Two years later, she formed Tiger Rose Productions, and co-produced the short documentary You Don"t Have to Die, which won the Academy Award in 1989 as well as the Cable Ace Award. lieutenant was invited into competition at the San Sebastian Film Festival and gathered wide critical acclaim and two Independent Film Spirit Award Nominations upon its release in 1994.

Membership

A member of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts & Sciences and Women in Film, she was a founding member and past president of The Alliance of Woman Directors and continues to actively support the organization.

Connections

Partner:

Paulina Porizkova