Jennifer Siebel Newsom

Jennifer Siebel Newsom

Birth : 1974-06-19, San Francisco, California, USA

History

Jennifer Lynn Siebel Newsom (born June 19, 1974) is an American documentary filmmaker and actress. She is the director, writer, and producer of the film Miss Representation, which premiered in the documentary competition at the 2011 Sundance Film Festival. The film examines how the media has underrepresented women in positions of power. Her second film, which she wrote, produced, and directed, was The Mask You Live In, which premiered at the 2015 Sundance Festival. It is an examination of American society's definition of masculinity. Newsom is married to Governor Gavin Newsom of California, making her the First Lady of California. She was previously the state's Second Partner from 2011 to 2019 and First Lady of San Francisco from 2008 to 2011. Description above from the Wikipedia article Jennifer Siebel Newsom, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

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Jennifer Siebel Newsom

Movies

Fair Play
Producer
Followed by three families on their journey to better balance their home life style. They are fighting problems that affect millions of couples and families across the country and even the globe.
Fair Play
Writer
Followed by three families on their journey to better balance their home life style. They are fighting problems that affect millions of couples and families across the country and even the globe.
Fair Play
Director
Followed by three families on their journey to better balance their home life style. They are fighting problems that affect millions of couples and families across the country and even the globe.
She's Out of His Mind
Judy Claymore
On the eve of the wedding of an old flame, a young man must come to terms with every woman he has ever loved and lost. No sleep tonight.
The Great American Lie
Director
Examines how a US value system built on the extreme masculine ideals of money, power and control has glorified individualism, institutionalized inequality, and undermined the ability of most Americans to achieve the American Dream.
This Changes Everything
Herself
An investigative look and analysis of gender disparity in Hollywood, featuring accounts from well-known actors, executives and artists in the Industry.
The Hunting Ground
Executive Producer
A startling expose of rape crimes on US campuses, their institutional cover-ups, and the devastating toll they take on students and their families. The film follows the lives of several undergraduate assault survivors as they attempt to pursue—despite incredible push back, harassment and traumatic aftermath—both their education and justice.
The Mask You Live In
Writer
Compared to girls, research shows that boys in the United States are more likely to be diagnosed with a behaviour disorder, prescribed stimulant medications, fail out of school, binge drink, commit a violent crime, and/or take their own lives. The Mask You Live In asks: as a society, how are we failing our boys?
The Mask You Live In
Producer
Compared to girls, research shows that boys in the United States are more likely to be diagnosed with a behaviour disorder, prescribed stimulant medications, fail out of school, binge drink, commit a violent crime, and/or take their own lives. The Mask You Live In asks: as a society, how are we failing our boys?
The Mask You Live In
Director
Compared to girls, research shows that boys in the United States are more likely to be diagnosed with a behaviour disorder, prescribed stimulant medications, fail out of school, binge drink, commit a violent crime, and/or take their own lives. The Mask You Live In asks: as a society, how are we failing our boys?
The Invisible War
Executive Producer
An investigative and powerfully emotional documentary about the epidemic of rape of soldiers within the US military, the institutions that perpetuate and cover up its existence, and its profound personal and social consequences.
Miss Representation
Writer
The film MISS REPRESENTATION exposes how American youth are being sold the concept that women and girls’ value lies in their youth, beauty and sexuality. Explores the under-representation of women in positions of power and influence in America, and challenges the media's limited portrayal of what it means to be a powerful woman. It’s time to break that cycle of mistruths.
Miss Representation
Self
The film MISS REPRESENTATION exposes how American youth are being sold the concept that women and girls’ value lies in their youth, beauty and sexuality. Explores the under-representation of women in positions of power and influence in America, and challenges the media's limited portrayal of what it means to be a powerful woman. It’s time to break that cycle of mistruths.
Miss Representation
Director
The film MISS REPRESENTATION exposes how American youth are being sold the concept that women and girls’ value lies in their youth, beauty and sexuality. Explores the under-representation of women in positions of power and influence in America, and challenges the media's limited portrayal of what it means to be a powerful woman. It’s time to break that cycle of mistruths.
Tales of an Ancient Empire
Queen Ma'at
A princess is on a quest to unite the five greatest warriors to save her kingdom from a demon sorceress.
Aliens on Crack
Pooty
The Nanny Express
Pam
With their mother dead, Emily and Ben torment their nannies to quit as fast as their father hires them. Till a nanny named Kate shows up and slowly wins Ben over. That's bad enough, but when her father and Kate start to fall in love, Emily sets out to break them up and match him with her ballet teacher.
April Fool's Day
Barbie
The new "April Fool's" revolves around a party given by two rich siblings for their friend. Tragedy strikes when a friend falls over a balcony and dies. One year later, the teens responsible for the accident become the targets of a twisted killer who begins hunting them down one by one.
In the Valley of Elah
Jodie
A career officer and his wife work with a police detective to uncover the truth behind their son's disappearance following his return from a tour of duty in Iraq.
Bone Dry
Wife (as Jennifer Siebel)
Eddie finds himself being forced at a gunpoint, by an unseen assailant, on a dark and brutal journey through the harsh terrain of the Mojave desert. His nemesis is Jimmy, a man with an aberrant agenda; armed with a rifle, a scope, walkie-talkies and a truck, he has organized a series of ambushes and mantraps designed to push Eddie to the limits of his humanity and beyond (iMDB)
Fall Guy: The John Stewart Story
Sharon Stone
The true to life story of one of Hollywood's top stuntmen, as well as some of the most spectacular stunts ever filmed. "Fall Guy" follows the life and times of legendary stunt man and director, John Stewart.
American Daylight
Zelda (as Jennifer Siebel)
A young Indian woman works as an operator for a US bank that outsourced its call center to India. The bank's young local manager becomes interested in her and offers her to help him game the system and make some real money.
Zen Noir
Nora
Something's Gotta Give
Younger Woman in Market
Harry Sanborn is an aged music industry exec with a fondness for younger women like Marin, his latest trophy girlfriend. Things get a little awkward when Harry suffers a heart attack at the home of Marin's mother, Erica. Left in the care of Erica and his doctor, a love triangle starts to take shape.