Jennifer Prediger

Jennifer Prediger is New York City–based actress, writer, and director known for the films Uncle Kent (2011), Red Flag (2012), and Apartment Troubles (2014)—her directorial debut with collaborator Jess Weixler. Prediger also played and wrote Ask Umbra, the "world's most trusted eco advice columnist," on Grist.org. Education Science and Technology Program at Eleanor Roosevelt High School in Greenbelt, MD. BA from College of the Atlantic in Bar Harbor, ME. MA from the California School of Professional Psychology. Career Filmmaker Prediger starred in Uncle Kent, a film directed by Joe Swanberg that premiered at Sundance in 2011 and was purchased by IFC. She has also gone to Sundance with The Foxy Merkins in 2014 (dir. Madeleine Olnek) and A Teacher in 2013 (dir. Hannah Fidell). She has a co-starring role as love interest and obsessed fan in the Gotham Award nominated comedy Red Flag (dir. Alex Karpovsky), released by Tribeca Film. Prediger also has leading roles in microbudget films Richard's Wedding (dir. Onur Tukel) and Pollywogs (dir. Karl Jacob with co-star Kate Lyn Shiel).