M.J. Watz
- Camera and Electrical Department
- Additional Crew
- Director
As a young adult MJ moved to San Francisco, CA to study Cinema Production at City College of San Francisco, from where she transferred to the University of California, Los Angeles to complete her Bachelor of the Arts at UCLA's school of Theater, Film & Television with a concentration in Cinematography and a Minor in Theater. She received Producing and Directing Skills Certificates from Los Angeles City College's Cinema/TV Department at the Hollywood Foreign Press Association Center and studied sketch writing at Upright Citizens Brigade and Tucson Improv Movement. She worked at theaters Cinefamily and The Downtown Independent in Los Angeles, California, and The Loft Cinema in Tucson, Arizona. She performed stand-up comedy as a part of Cunts Being Cunts Talking About Cunts and searches for opportunities to talk ish. Her hobby is learning animation.
She directed live theater performances "The Vagina Monologues" for City College of San Francisco's Women's Resource Center, "Murder in the Key of G" for UCLA's OCHC, and "Bloody Awful" for the Hollywood Fringe Festival. Her video work includes sketch comedy shorts, commercials, PSAs, 12 music videos, and surreal found footage thriller "Devil's Claw", which premiered at the Arizona Sunburn Film Festival in 2016. In 2019, she premiered her first feature stoner horror film "Leash Leader" as a part of Tucson Terrorfest, which she wrote and directed.
She directed live theater performances "The Vagina Monologues" for City College of San Francisco's Women's Resource Center, "Murder in the Key of G" for UCLA's OCHC, and "Bloody Awful" for the Hollywood Fringe Festival. Her video work includes sketch comedy shorts, commercials, PSAs, 12 music videos, and surreal found footage thriller "Devil's Claw", which premiered at the Arizona Sunburn Film Festival in 2016. In 2019, she premiered her first feature stoner horror film "Leash Leader" as a part of Tucson Terrorfest, which she wrote and directed.