About Me
Marquette Jones is the proprietor of Hotcomb Pictures, a digital and social media firm in Los Angeles, California.
She has a M.F.A. from New York University’s Tisch School of the Arts, Graduate Film Program. Before attending NYU, Ms. Jones studied History and Mass Communication as an undergraduate at U.C. Berkeley and received her law degree at University of California, Berkeley, Boalt Hall. Marquette traces her roots to Youngstown, Ohio and often draws from true life to tell stories that explore the contradictions and complexities of the human condition.
She has written and directed several short films, including Milk (2004) and Tunk (2003). Her film, Heroes Wanted (2005), has appeared nationwide in film festivals. In 2006, she won the Promotion Pictures/Heineken USA Production Grant Competition for Streets 2 Suites. In addition to being a favorite within Heineken’s marketing department, the short has gone on to do well on the festival circuit.
As a producer, she has two award-winning short films under her belt; Adventures of Super-N******: First Episode, the Final Chapter, (a featured part of the Independent Film Channel’s docudrama, “Film School”), and the Showtime Network sponsored, A Spoonful of Sugar, which most recently became a finalist in the BET J Short Film Contest. Her previous corporate production clients include: Liz Claiborne, VP Records, Time Warner, and Essence magazine.
Prior to film school, Ms. Jones was an active Public Interest Attorney in Oakland, California protecting the rights of HIV-positive clients. Her inspiration as a filmmaker is drawn this experience the social justice community at large, and her time spent in South Africa.
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