Hi, my name is Jessica Valentine and I work with my creative partner, Richard Valentine. We are award winning writers and directors. I began as a SFX makeup artist, then produced my first feature film when I was twenty years old. Most notably my first film as w/d was achieved after I was selected as the US winner of the Jameson First Shot film competition. My film JUMP! stars Uma Thurman and was produced by Dana Brunetti (The Social Network, Captain Phillips, House of Cards etc). The film debuted online and has seen nearly 3 million views over various platforms, which is no easy task for a seventeen minute short film.
Among Richard’s many accolades, his original television series, The Exorcists, won first place in the Writer’s Store TV contest and that same year he was selected to attend a private filmmaking class with Werner Herzog.
Together we recently made a proof of concept for a feature project that is currently doing an extensive festival run. The film premiered at HollyShorts and has played a number of festivals including FANGORIA X Monster Fest and Beyond Fest this past month. We are thrilled to announce the film has already garnered interest for feature development. Though much of our work falls into the horror/thriller category, we very much enjoy working in most genres and project scales and types (ie. Feature, anthology, series, limited series etc). After working together for the past fifteen years we have amassed many projects in various stages of development including a epic limited series, STRONG BOY, based on the autobiography of John L. Sullivan (the last bareknuckle boxing champion of the world) and a haunting period feature titled, The Devil’s Crown, which we are pushing to get financed for production next spring.
If you care to check out my film JUMP!, you can view it here: https://youtu.be/fDUyPxhb1ZI
Here is the teaser for our short/proof: https://vimeo.com/323020124
Thanks for checking us out!
J & R @ Cult of Valentine
Impressive achievements and upcoming projects! Good luck with all!