Jennifer Prediger

Career overview

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Task: Write a 180-260 word career overview of Jennifer Prediger's acting.
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Name: Jennifer Prediger.
Birth: January 15, 1977.
Birthplace: Silver Spring, Maryland, USA.
Base: New York City/Los Angeles.
Roles/Films:
Uncle Kent (2011): Directed by Joe Swanberg. Role: out-of-town guest and temptress. Premiered at Sundance, purchased by IFC.
Red Flag (2012): Directed by Alex Karpovsky. Role: obsessed cinephile. Gotham Award nominated comedy. Released by Tribeca Film.
Apartment Troubles (2014): Directorial debut with Jess Weixler.
The Foxy Merkins (2014): Directed by Madeleine Olnek. Role: composting love interest. Premiered at Sundance.
A Teacher (2013): Directed by Hannah Fidell. Role: nosy roommate. Premiered at Sundance.
First Girl I Loved (2016): Directed by Kerem Sanga. Role: tentative Vice Principal. Premiered at Sundance.
Living Room Coffin: Dark comedy, star.
Hollywood Fringe: Site specific fringe festival playwright (upcoming feature).
Richard's Wedding: Leading role.
Applesauce (dir. Onur Tukel): Leading role.
Pollywogs (dir. Karl Jacob): Leading role.
Other: Writer, director, producer. Wrote/played Ask Umbra.
Paragraph 1: Early work and Sundance appearances.
Jennifer Prediger is an actress, writer, and director based in New York City and Los Angeles. Her first film role was in Uncle Kent, directed by Joe Swanberg, in which she played an out-of-town guest and temptress. The film premiered at Sundance in 2011 and was purchased by IFC. Prediger has appeared at Sundance with several other films, including A Teacher in 2013, directed by Hannah Fidell, where she played a nosy roommate. She also appeared in The Foxy Merkins in 2014, directed by Madeleine Olnek, as a composting love interest. In 2016, she appeared in First Girl I Loved, directed by Kerem Sanga, in the role of a tentative Vice Principal.
Paragraph 2: Other notable acting roles.
Prediger played an obsessed cinephile in the Gotham Award nominated comedy Red Flag, directed by Alex Karpovsky and released by Tribeca Film. She has held leading roles in Applesauce, directed by Onur Tukel, and Pollywogs, directed by Karl Jacob, as well as in Richard's Wedding. She is the star of the dark comedy Living Room Coffin. Beyond her acting, she is a director, having made her directorial debut with Apartment Troubles in 2014 alongside collaborator Jess Weixler. She is also a writer and producer, and she played and wrote the eco advice column Ask Umbra.
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