ABOUT THE DIRECTOR

Ann Marie aka Jade has years of experience in show business, producing films, talent management, event coordinating, fundraising, and marketing research, as well as teaching, writing, theater directing and business administration. As the founder of DeafVision Filmworks, Inc. and Jade Films and Entertainment, LLC, one of her goals is to form an agency exclusively focused on producing fashion shows, coordinating model recruitment and managing talent.

Jade studied film production at the Tisch School of the Arts at New York University where she earned the distinction of being the first DEAF African-American woman to graduate with a B.F.A. degree in 1993 in filmmaking. After years of being turned down numerous times for a career in production assistant, directing or producing role in the Film/Television industry, she formed her own production companies.

More recently, Jade impressed celebrity judges on ABC's American Inventor, a national television show viewed by millions of people in June 2007. She advanced through three rounds and was a top three semi-finalist representing New York inventors. Her invention was the Ready-to-Wear Speaker Gear, which is available for buy-in or sponsorship.

Jade's indestructible positive attitude and motto is, "If you have a passion for something, then keep doing what you love doing. You need to believe." She makes her home in New York City.