Marie J. Magdaleno

Marie J. Magdaleno, known as Jackie, was born on April 19, 1990 in Brownsville, Texas. She is an independent filmmaker known for Fearless Fight, which had been selected and nominated both internationally and nationally, Winning awards and landing a Global Distribution deal with Hewes Pictures. Jackie always had an interest in film, constantly filming her surroundings with her small cameras given to her by her parents. She attended filmmaking workshops in Austin, Texas while continuing her education at the University of Texas-Brownsville. At the age of 21, Jackie graduated with a Bachelor's of Art in Communications and went on to compete in several CNN boot camps, landing 3rd place out of hundreds of contestants from all over the world. Soon after, Jackie landed her first big budget film as a wardrobe production assistant on the set of, "A Night in Old Mexico," which starred Robert Duvall, Jeremy Irvine and Angie Cepeda. She then worked as a Property Master for the movie, "Endgame," starring Rico Rodriguez, Valente Rodriguez and Efran Ramirez. Her following production would be a one-hour special documentary on a local prison facility in the Rio Grande Valley, Texas. "Piper" was her third film in which she wrote and directed, and is currently competing in film festivals. "121" is her latest production and is currently in post production.