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Wendy Cooper-Porcelli

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Wendy Cooper Porcelli started as an actress in her hometown of Ohio when she was a child. Upon moving to Los Angeles, she started film classes at UCLA and started working behind the camera. After transferring to, and graduating from, Pitzer College, she entered Claremont Graduate University in the Cultural Studies Department with an emphasis in Ethnographic Film. At this time she also ran the nonprofit, Women's Multimedia Center, which she co-founded.

Her directorial debut, Dear Mr. Cash, premiered at the Nashville Film Festival in 2005. It won awards at the Sarasota Film Festival and the Honolulu Film Festival.

While at Pitzer College, she won the Cubby Broccoli Award for her short film, Matrimorphosis.
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    Dear Mr. Cash (2005)
    Dear Mr. Cash
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    • 2005
    Pretty Is as Pretty Does
    Pretty Is as Pretty Does
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      Sanctuary
      Sanctuary
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        In the Half Light
        In the Half Light
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          • Dear Mr. Cash (2005)
            Dear Mr. Cash
            6.5
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            • 2005

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          • Dear Mr. Cash (2005)
            Dear Mr. Cash
            6.5
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            • 2005

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          • Dear Mr. Cash (2005)
            Dear Mr. Cash
            6.5
            • executive producer
            • 2005

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            Is an artist as was her mother who passed away in 2017. She works in clay, oils, and encaustic.

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