Jen Stafford is an Emmy-Award winning director known for soulful, emotionally resonant storytelling whose work includes national commercial campaigns, film and documentary. Her voice reflects a refined cinematic style that focuses on tenderness, humanity and wonder, bringing a poetic tenor to her work. Stafford directed the 2022 short film, "One Shot" which won the National Sports Emmy Award for Outstanding Camera Work in collaboration with Red Bull Media House, the 2023 NATAS Emmy Award for the Seattle Seahawks Stadium Open Film "Rebirth" among others. Her debut film, SAM, an intimate depiction of the societal limitations subconsciously placed on young women, earned national acclaim at Oscar-qualifying film festivals and won multiple awards, including the Petite Prix at the 2023 Chelsea Film Festival and Best Picture at the Minneapolis-St. Paul International Film Festival.

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Jen Stafford

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