Jennifer Prediger

Jennifer Prediger is a writer, director, producer and actor. Apartment Troubles, starring Megan Mullally and Will Forte, was her feature directorial and screenwriting debut along with collaborator Jess Weixler. The movie premiered at the Los Angeles Film Festival and came out in theaters and On Demand in March 2015. It aired on Showtime for two years. "The comedy [Apartment Troubles] navigates the complexities of female friendship and artistic ambition with precision and ease rarely found in a first film." - Women and Hollywood, IndieWire.

Prediger produced Paul Lieberstein’s (The Office) dark comedy Song of Back and Neck, starring Lieberstein, Rose-Marie DeWitt and Paul Feig. The film came out in theaters December 2018. The 39 films she’s had some role in, behind or in front of the camera, have played major U.S. film festivals and festivals abroad including Sundance, SXSW, Tribeca, Toronto International Film Festival, Los Angeles Film Festival, Rotterdam, Traverse City, Sarasota, Cleveland, Cucalorus, Carmel, Bend, Dallas Video Fest, Marfa, Gershman Philadelphia Jewish Film Festival, Sidewalk in Birmingham, Woodstock, and Naples.

As an actor, Prediger starred in Uncle Kent, a film directed by Joe Swanberg that premiered at Sundance in 2011 and was purchased by IFC. She also has roles in four other Sundance favorites: Dinner in America in 2020 (dir. Adam Rehmeier with producers Ben Stiller, Ross Putman and Dave Hunter), First Girl I Loved in 2016 (dir. Kerem Sangha), The Foxy Merkins in 2014 (dir. Madeleine Olnek) and A Teacher in 2013 (dir. Hannah Fidell).

Prediger co-starred in the Gotham Award-nominated comedy Red Flag (dir. Alex Karpovsky) and 2017 Gotham Award Winner for Breakthrough Series The Strange Eyes of Dr. Myes (dir. Nancy Andrews). She plays the lead in Leah Shore's short film Funeral and acted in filmmaker Bob Byington's 7 Chinese Brothers, Infinity Baby, and Frances Ferguson and Onur Tukel's Richard’s Wedding and Applesauce.

As a journalist, Prediger wrote, produced, and edited videos for Newsweek.com, Nerve.com, Grist.org and Washingtonpost.com among others. She's been a commentator on The Today Show and NPR's All Things Considered and contributed jokes to The Onion and voice overs to Onion Radio News. She wrote and was the online personality for a workplace advice column called “HEY PENNY” for Slate. She was an environmental journalist for over five years, working for the Washington Post's former “green” website Sprig.com and for Grist.org, the respected environmental news and humor site. She most notably wrote, directed, and hosted videos for “Ask Umbra,” the "world's most trusted eco advice columnist," on Grist.

She writes and directs female-driven stories often with supernatural, socially-conscious themes and authentic, grounded performances. Prediger revels in the dance between drama and comedy, both in film and life itself.

Teaching is a vital part of her creative practice.