Joanna Ke

Joanna Ke is an awardwinning actor writer producer and sword fighter As an actor Joanna has had the honor of working with director Cameron Crowe and as a writer she studied the craft of screenwriting with the late great Syd Field With nearly a decade of experience as a professional script reader working in both development and acquisitions Joannas skills as a producer are strong on the development side She has read hundreds of screenplays for studios producers literary management sales agents and screenwriters Her experience as an actor helps her have a keen eye for character and dialogue while her own experience as a writer helps her understand the creative process when developing a script Joanna was a monthly contributor to Ms In the Biz and serves as an events producer for the nonprofit The Chimaera Project empowering women behind the camera She also runs the Twitter account femcharacters highlighting the unfortunate way women are often portrayed on screen From her professional and personal experience Joanna firmly believes that the world needs to see more diverse stories with wellrounded female characters in leading roles as well as a different portrayal of masculinity Joanna produces and writes under her Saint Joan Productions banner championing diverse women in front of and behind the camera Shes part of the producing team for fantasy action Man of Fire starring Lance Reddick Two awardwinning shorts she produced starring and directed by women are A Period Piece and Soledad She is in development of several projects with female leads including the fantasy action feature Protectress She wrote produced and stars in the proof of concept for Protectress an awardwinning short film with a wildly successful festival run over 20 selections and 11 awards including Best Performance Best Fantasy Best Action and Inspiring Woman in Film for Joanna Joanna is a trained sword fighter most recently portraying a swordfighting werecat in a postapocalyptic fantasy action film which earned her a Best Villain award Wielding her broadsword is a favorite both on and off camera