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Jupie

Richmond, CA

Biography

Jennifer "Jupiter" Benorden has been producing, directing, performing, and writing for film and television for the past 15 years.  She started in the public access arena as "talent" doing improvisational performance, and eventually moved on to develop and produce her own tv show, called, "4Directions", or "4D", winning numerous regional and national awards.  The show focused on issues of social and environmental justice using analysis, comedy, acquired footage, live music, and in-st...

Jennifer "Jupiter" Benorden has been producing, directing, performing, and writing for film and television for the past 15 years.  She started in the public access arena as "talent" doing improvisational performance, and eventually moved on to develop and produce her own tv show, called, "4Directions", or "4D", winning numerous regional and national awards.  The show focused on issues of social and environmental justice using analysis, comedy, acquired footage, live music, and in-studio interviews.   More recently "Jupie", as she is known, moved on to produce and direct her current project, Holy Crap!, a 5-minute film focused on the  work of SOIL (Sustainable, Organic, Integrated Livelihoods) - www.oursoil.org.  SOIL has been working in Haiti since 2006 transforming waste into resource, and Jenny has been documenting their work since 2007.  www.holycrapthefilm.com  "Holy Crap" is currently showing on www.nationalgeographic.com and marvels at SOIL's simple solution to wide-spread water-borne illnesses, and the film is currently in development.  Jenny wonders what might happen if SOIL's solution were to become a global movement...... Jupie hails from Wichita, Kansas and grew up in a family of musicians where she was raised on gospel, blues, and jazz.  Her most recent musical projects include: Action Jackson - percussion (www.actionjacksonsf.com); FunSheepFun - vocal; Djangomack - vocal; and she is forming her own original band in the fall of 2012. Besides all that she loves to hike, bike, dance, and spend time with friends. 

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