Jane Spencer is an American director, playwright, and producer. She
studied theatre and film crafts at Waynflete School, the University of
Texas, New York University and The Actors Studio.Her first play,
Critical Mass, (co-written with Jon Zeiderman) was staged at the
Actors Studio in New York in 1988. A year later she followed up with
Playground Sounds at Circle Rep.Her first feature film, Little Noises,
starring Crispin Glover, Rik Mayall and Tatum O'Neal was shown at the
Sundance Festival in 1991. Marking out themes explored in her later
films, it celebrates the quixotic lives of a group of friends striving
for success and acceptance. Her second release Wake Up Running was
based on her 1994 stage play Faces On Mars. She is regarded as an
'auteur director', one of only a few currently working in the USA. and
described as 'one of the real newsmakers and reporters of our time.'
studied theatre and film crafts at Waynflete School, the University of
Texas, New York University and The Actors Studio.Her first play,
Critical Mass, (co-written with Jon Zeiderman) was staged at the
Actors Studio in New York in 1988. A year later she followed up with
Playground Sounds at Circle Rep.Her first feature film, Little Noises,
starring Crispin Glover, Rik Mayall and Tatum O'Neal was shown at the
Sundance Festival in 1991. Marking out themes explored in her later
films, it celebrates the quixotic lives of a group of friends striving
for success and acceptance. Her second release Wake Up Running was
based on her 1994 stage play Faces On Mars. She is regarded as an
'auteur director', one of only a few currently working in the USA. and
described as 'one of the real newsmakers and reporters of our time.'
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