Jenna Suru - Artist as Entrepreneur The artist is an entrepreneur. On episode 485 of “Cool Things Entrepreneurs Do”, host Thom Singer interviews Jenna Suru: French Filmmaker, actor, producer, director about her journey in art and business.

Jenna Suru established Belle Époque Films in January 2015. Her experience in film production started in Los Angeles, where she was Production Assistant on Dahn and Alimi Ballard’s (Numb3rs, CSI, Castle) TV show “The Experiment with Dahn and Ali”.

With her company Belle Époque Films, she produced the highly-praised, sold out Los Angeles Premiere of “Happy”, published by Samuel French. She Executive Produced two UK shorts. The first, “Spitball”, was funded by the Northern Ireland Screen, and the second, “Bigger Picture”, starred BAFTA-nominated Robert Sheehan (Misfits, The Umbrella Academy) and Rosie Day (Outlander).

She directed and produced her debut feature film “L’Âge d’Or” (“The Golden Age”) with an international cast, 35 exceptional locations and an outstanding soundtrack, featuring songs from Chuck Berry and Jimmy Reed. She’s a reputable Line Producer in France and her company Belle Époque Films has now become an official French feature film company, organizing shoots for multiple foreign productions filming across Paris and Europe. Jenna has been working for Canneseries (Cannes Series Festival) since very first edition and her multiple talents enable her to give the best of herself on any project, from development to distribution stage.

Find Jenna / Contact Jenna –

Instagram – @jennasurureal

Instagram, Facebook and Twitter – @lagedorfilm, @belleepoquefilms

Here’s the IMDb film page: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt9091118/

Company website is www.belleepoquefilms.com

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