We’re pleased to announce Jennifer A. Champagne, Producer / VFX Producer and Founder of Chicks in Film as host on Launch Mondays taking place on February 8th, 2010. Click here to rsvp!
Jennifer Champagne, is co-owner of Max Ink Cafe, LLC and Max Ink Productions, LLC, an animation and effects house/production house in Venice, California. Jennifer oversees all Max Ink business and production issues.
Jennifer is a great supporter of the independent spirit, eager to jump in and lend both her energy and that of Max Ink’s. As a result of this dedication, Max Ink Cafe/Max Ink Productions has contributed to twelve short films over the past eight years including Blue, Choose Life, The Dancing Cow, Shadow of Doubt, The Story of Computer Graphics, the effects-laden shorts Only Hope and Pearl Harbor II: Pearlmageddon, Betrunner, Nooner, Aubrey Vox, Lonesome Matador, Effloresce and Last Supper (with Effloresce and Last Supper currently in post production).
In the case of Only Hope, Betrunner, Nooner, Aubrey Vox, Lonesome Matador, Effloresce and Last Supper, Jennifer produced the films from live action to post production—including special effects when called for. She not only crewed the productions, but also successfully solicited donations of time and resources from industry relationships to help foster the independent budgets into greater production value.
Since starting Max Ink, Jennifer has produced the effects on other notable projects such as American Zoetrope’s Jeepers Creepers, NCIS, Infested, Shakedown, the Emmy Award-winning Superbowl XXXII, Dragon Rage, the Black Scorpion series (Episodes 12 through 23), Profiler, X-Files, Freakylinks, Even Stevens, Players, and Nitro Film’s Logo. The latter won Max Ink Cafe the Animation Magazine Animation Spotlight Award.
Jennifer is currently in post production on her first feature film documentary Border—a film that explores border security and immigration within the United States. This past year in addition to producing the film Last Supper with Harry Belafonte – Jennifer produced the visual effects on 2006’s Sundance Film selection Wristcutters: A Love Story, Hood of Horror, Cult, and Swedgeville. Additionally, she produced and directed the premiere Pilate’s video for VersaStick starring Erin O’ Brien. Jennifer is currently developing a handful of feature film projects including Nevermore, Fanclub, Finding Henry, A Childhood, di Dienes, and Mr. Sperm.
Jennifer is also passionate about supporting women in achieving their goals. As founder of Chicks In Film, she connects a group of industry women ranging from Writers to Directors to Producers to Studio Executives who share resources and strive to empower women in the industry. Other memberships include Chicks Who Click, Women In Animation, IFP West, and Los Angeles Women Aviators.
An accomplished visual effects trade press writer, Jennifer regularly contributes articles to Millimeter Magazine, Visual Magic, Animation Magazine, AWN, and DV Magazine, as well as The Digital Media Net Community.
Prior to starting Max Ink Cafe, Champagne worked at Vortex Media Arts, Studio Productions, Flip Your Lid Animation Studio, and Sony Pictures Imageworks.
Champagne studied English and Journalism with a concentration in Technical Writing and Photography at the private Madonna University in Livonia, Michigan.
Examples of her Visual Effects work can be found at the Max Ink Cafe website
(www.MaxInkCafe.com) as well as her personal site (www.JenniferChampagne.com), which also contains her resume, published articles, and additional articles of interest.
