Jennifer lives in Silicon Valley, where she writes character-driven screenplays and consults in UX research for tech companies. She has written several finalists feature film and TV pilot scripts for mature audiences.
Her most recent project is a TV pilot for the remaking of Atlas Shrugged into a limited series called The Strike, which she co-wrote with Jacqueline Schumann. This unique and very accessible adaptation is a complete reimagining, taking place mostly in San Francisco / Silicon Valley with modern tech and diverse characters while honoring the same storyline, themes, and characters of Ayn Rand’s masterpiece. Think Showtime’s Billions on a collision course with Orwell’s 1984.
Jennifer started her career in Atlanta, GA, in digital technology, progressing from software engineer to user experience researcher. In 2005, she wrote the first of her award-winning children’s books, Future Business Leaders’ Series,™ adventure stories for tweens that teach entrepreneurship. Having grown up in the Deep South, she writes with a unique, realistic perspective of the Bible Belt culture.
Extrication Budget: $1M - $5M | Drama In order to gain attention and love, a neglected, gifted boy gives up his own dreams to rescue the broken people around him. When he’s grown and has secured an executive position at a car company, he enters the crosshairs of an abusive CEO whose irrational demands and thirst for revenge force him to see that the person he really needs to extricate is himself
The Strike Budget: $30M+ | Drama ⋄ Sci-fi A reimagining of the story Atlas Shrugged. by Jennifer Bouani and Jacqueline Schumann. Series Logline: 1-hour Limited TV Series Drama (TV-MA): In a not-too-distant future where rampant regulation and cronyism have stifled business leaders' ability to produce, the greatest minds in the nation go on strike, but one woman works tirelessly to save her faltering autonomous trucking company and fight the man who is luring the strikers. Pilot Logline: After a deadly crash in which her truck manufacturing company is at fault, COO Dagny Taggart sends shockwaves by pivoting to fully autonomous, nuclear-powered big rigs, pitting her against her crony CEO brother and his like-minded allies who want to control the energy market. A mysterious man from Dagny’s past resurfaces, threatening to thwart Dagny’s plans.
The Sandbox (The Pilot) Budget: $30M+ | Sci-fi ⋄ Drama Series Logline: A modern-day Frankenstein loses control of her nanotech invention. Pilot Logline: Keidra’s invention breaks as her father’s health reaches a critical state, ending her first week of grad school in disaster and jeopardizing her chances of joining The Sandbox. In China, a journalist takes a drastic measure after being pressured to make his daughter spy on The Sandbox.
Loose Canon (The Pilot: "Lazarus") Budget: $30M+ | Crime ⋄ Drama Series Logline: Canon Walker is a charismatic, unconventional Alabama preacher with unshakeable confidence, until the day a teenage girl is abducted under his watch. Desperate for redemption, he uses his radical ministry to crusade against the sex-trafficking ring that took her.Pilot Logline: “Lazarus.” Youth minister Canon Walker questions his destiny as a spiritual leader when a teenager goes missing from a Florida beach as a result of an impulsive decision to defend his sacred turf.
Black Sheep of Walnut Creek (SHORT) Budget: $100K - $1M | Sci-fi ⋄ Drama A single mother and her toddler attend a reunion where so-called friends challenge their 18-day disappearance from the NICU.
The Watermelon Project Drama ⋄ Romance A man's initiation into his mother’s environmental crusade leads him into the world of world-class propaganda, junk science, and the arms of his mother's enemy - a sexy radio talk show host who compels him to save ranchers and farmers from a massive, subversive confiscation of private property.
Loose Cannon (The Pilot) Drama LOOSE CANNON-a 1-hour dramatic television series about a 24 year old, free-spirited Alabama youth pastor who discovers the power of his charisma on his climb to stardom, but the demons of his seedy past threaten to destroy everything he builds. AWARDS: 2014 Hollywood Screenplay Contest/Script Pipeline - Gold Prize Winner, Television Drama; 2014 New York Screenplay Contest - Park Ave Award Winner, TV Concept 2014 Nevada Film Festival - 3rd Place, Best Short Screenplays 2014 Oregon International Film Awards Finalist - Screenplay Competition
The Maldives Moltdown Drama ⋄ Sci-fi A minor league baseball player's desire to beat the system and propel his way to the top of the major leagues has dire consequences.
Other Worlds Austin FF - Top 3 Finalist - "The Sandbox"
(2016)
Creative World Awards: Semi-Finalist for TV Original Drama - "Loose Cannon"
(2015)
Hollywood Screenplay Contest/Script Pipeline: Gold Prize Winner for TV Drama - "Loose Cannon"
(2014)
New York Screenplay Contest: Park Avenue Award Winner for TV Concept - "Loose Cannon"
(2014)
Nevada Film Festival - 3rd Place, Best Short Screenplays - "Loose Cannon"
(2014)
Oregon International Film Awards - Screenplay Finalist - "Loose Cannon"
(2014)
California Film Awards: Feature Screenplay Competition: 3rd Place - "The Watermelon Project"
(2011)