Colleen Davie Janes is a feature film/TV director - multi award winning - a screenwriter, actor and producer. She is a graduate of Boston University with a BS in Communications/Film with a concentration in Acting. Her style leans towards fast paced, serio-comic dramas focused on relationships and family, often with complicated women at their centers. However, her style is versatile based on story, and her work spans thriller to Rom-com. Her features can be seen on the Passionflix platform as well as Lifetime. Her most recent short project was an official selection of the Oscar® qualifying Holly Shorts Film Festival. A recent recipient of a New York Foundation for the Arts artist's grant "Anonymous Was a Woman", Colleen is a member of the Alliance of Women Directors, Film Fatales Organization, and was honored by SHOOT Magazine at the DGA as a "New Director to Watch". Colleen's debut screenplay "The Family Remains" was a semi-finalist in the Page International Screenplay Contest. Colleen began her career in film as a Production Assistant in features. She later became a sought after Production Coordinator in commercials, music videos and features, working with such directors as: Oliver Stone, Brian DePalma, Robert DeNiro, Hype Williams, John Bayer, Jonus Ackerlund and M. Knight Shyamalan. In between coordinating positions, Colleen directed and produced her own commercial spots: Edge Auto Rentals, Chelsea Guitars Series (DiMassimo NY). She is an actor's director as a conservatory trained actor in Meisner as well as Strasberg and other Method techniques. She overlapped her acting work with Stand-up comedy, performing in over 20 venues internationally. Her work has taken her all over, from Iraq to LA. Her work on the Oscar short listed feature documentary and Sundance Grand Jury nominee "Quest for Honor" Dir. Mary Ann Bruni is a particular honor. Colleen is also a former below-the-line manager. See awards for more info.