Jenny Bowen is an American screenwriter and director known for her work on films like Street Music and In Quiet Night. She’s married to cinematographer Richard Bowen.�Jenny originally intended to be an actress, performing in plays while attending San Francisco State University. She’d later begin directing stage plays before becoming interested in sound design. She�formulated the idea for her debut feature, Street Music, during a production lull on Francis Ford Coppola’s Apocalypse Now, where she was working as a recording engineer. After the success of Street Music, she went on to direct three more films.

In 1998, Jenny Bowen retired from film making and founded OneSky for all children, a global NGO that works with orphaned and abandoned children worldwide. She has also published a book, Wish You Happy Forever, based on her work with OneSky.

Jenny Bowen has been honored with the American Chamber of Commerce�s Women of Influence Entrepreneur of the Year Award, Nonprofit Leader of the Year, and the Purpose Prize for Inter-generational Innovation. She serves on China�s National Committee for Orphans and Disabled Children and on the Expert Consultative Committee for Beijing Normal University�s Philanthropy Research Institute.

In 2008, she was chosen by popular vote to carry the Olympic Torch on Chinese soil ahead of the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing.