Jen Araki

Jen Araki is the is the founder of Broken Tree Productions in Los Angeles and co-owns the Canadian production company Media Button and Crystal Mountain Films with her husband Dylan Playfair. She has spent 14 years in New York and Los Angeles as a model, actress and her later years as a director and producer. She produced and directed an award winning feature length documentary “We Gotta Get Out Of here” and was distributed on Amazon Prime USA. Jen has directed commercials, documentaries and brand films and has appeared in numerous televisions (Sopranos) shows along with many independent films (The Color Rose) and theatre productions. While currently running the role as CEO/DIRECTOR at Media Button, she has several narrative projects in develop. Jen has recently won Venice Short Film Awards , Chicago's indie Film awards Best Female director award and she was nominated for Best Direction Leo Award for her recent short film "Whistle" that is currently going through the festival circuit.