Elise & Lesley sit down with actor/writer/producer Naomi McDougall Jones. Conversation includes vagina power, Bite Me(her upcoming film and taking a leap a faith in todays world without faith.
Naomi McDougall Jones is an award-winning writer, actress, and producer based in New York City. She wrote, produced, and starred in the award-winning feature film, IMAGINE I'M BEAUTIFUL, for which Naomi received three Best Actress Awards and “The Don Award” for Best Independently Produced Screenplay of 2014. The film received a 12-city theatrical release and is now available on iTunes, Amazon, and GooglePlay (www.imagineimbeautiful.com). Her articles on the independent film scene and women’s role in it have appeared in INDIEWIRE, MOVIE SCOPE MAG and CINEMA/VERITE and she is a blogger for THE HUFFINGTON POST. She is currently in development on her second feature film, BITE ME, with producer Jack Lechner (THE FOG OF WAR, BLUE VALENTINE, former executive at Mirimax and HBO) and Jonathan Bronfman (THE WITCH). A TV series she created, The Dark Pieces, was named on The 2016 WriteHer List as one of the top 16 unproduced pilots by a female screenwriter. Naomi was additionally one of the writers for Amazon’s new TV series THE NEW YORKER PRESENTS, which premiered at Sundance 2016. More at www.naomimcdougalljones.com.
