Having completed shooting her film "Electile Dysfunction" in January 2005, Penny began documenting the environmental disaster at Ground Zero. Penny was one of the producers and editors for Academy Award winning director Barbara Trent's "Waging Peace" an award winning documentary and organizing tool . Check out Good Films
Penny currently is Coordinating Director of People to People TV-a grassroots media alliance- which has been the recipient of a Fund for Santa Barbara grant and donations from Walden Three and individuals. From 2002 to the present PTP TV produces an ongoing bi-monthly documentary television show.
Penny started her career in entertainment as a performance artist, was signed as a singer songwriter to Warner Brothers UK from 1987-1990. In addition to currently performing in an electronica band The Away Team, Penny's cartoon character Little Savage made a bid for the Presidency Y2K but the other cartoon won. She has also produced rap, thrash metal, punk, and country music with teens as part of "Gang Prevention through the Arts" in Southern California, helping students to tell their own stories through music and drama. Penny has taught as an Artist in the Schools specialist, teaching songwriting, filmmaking, and multi-media.
Other Credits
•Producer/editor of "Army of One" ad for television, a finalist in the Moveon.org Bush in 30 seconds contest.This ad was aired for three weeks in New Hampshire (3000 TV spots), funded by Walden Three). In addition, Joe Scarborough aired the ad nationally on his show.
•Co-produced the Boston Media Summit Net 04. This Summit brought together 75 representatives from independent media - covered by Wired News and the Nation Magazine.
•Logistics Coordinator for 2003 Santa Barbara Democracy Festival, as part of the National Rolling Thunder Democracy Tour with Jim Hightower.
•Assistant to the Director Jon Zuber in an interactive production of "Moulin Rouge"for Pacific Bell.
•Worked in production of feature comedy "Nick Furst: SBI" directed by Jon Zuber,1992
Produces commercials with political messaging for campaigns and candidates, most recently a commercial for Florida Congressional candidate Robert Bowman.
•Produced 60 half hour documentary shows for People to People TV from 2002 to the present
•Past lives: Film Major, Sangamon State University. Produced animated shorts and film "Lullaby for the Orphans". Musical Director for the Theater of the Unemployed. Springfield, Illinois Co-Director, Isla Vista Children's Theater.
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