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Jessica Woodworth

Jessica Hope Woodworth is a Belgian-American film director, screenwriter, and producer.

Biography
Woodworth studied Classic Theatre and Literature at the University of Princeton (graduated in 1993), she also holds a master's degree in Documentary Film from Stanford University (1999). Since 2006, they have co-directed five features. Their first movie, Mongolia-based Khadak, became a great success and won 20 prizes at various festivals, including the Luigi De Laurentiis Award at the 63rd Venice International Film Festival.{{cite web Their next film, Altiplano, was shot high in the Andes. Based on a real life incident, the plot is centered on two female leads, a photojournalist Grace married to a doctor who works in a local village, and Saturnina, a young Peruvian Indian who lost her betrothed because of a mercury spillage caused by mining.{{cite web In 2016 Woodworth and Brosens released their first comedy, King of the Belgians. The road movie about a monarch lost in the Balkans became an international hit and won numerous awards.{{cite web In 2021 she started working on her first solo feature, Luka. The movie was produced by Bo Films. The plot was adapted from Dino Buzzati’s novel The Tartar Steppe. The leading role was given to the young Dutch actor Jonas Smulders.{{cite web == Filmography ==
Filmography
Woodworth is a prolific and fruitful film director, she has released a dozen of features that have been screened in over 350 festivals and got over 70 awards. • Urga Song (1999); • The Virgin Diaries (2002); • Khadak (2006), with Peter Brosens;{{cite web • Artiplano (2009), with Peter Brosens; • The Fifth Season (2012) with Peter Brosens;{{cite web • King of the Belgians; • The Barefoot Emperor (2019), with Peter Brosens; • Luka (2023). == References ==
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