JESSIE KERRY 兰馨

Jessie Kerry (J. Kerry) is an award-winning producer, director, writer and founder of the 2010 opened GenFilms Productions in Chengdu, China, which makes her the first and only German female filmmaker and entrepreneur to have successfully set up a theatrically licensed film production business in China. She's been involved in the domestic and international business sector between China and overseas since 2005 and served on various multilingual shorts, features and commercial productions as a screenwriter, director, talent manager and producer. Her cultural, creative and academic experience, and the expertise in the Chinese and international film industry, have brought her high resonance under international clients.

As a former professional actress, model, dancer, black belt martial artist and 2x Gold Medal World Champion in Okinawan Kobudo, Kerry brings unique background features into every motion picture film production. She trained Shaolin Kenpo Karate (Dragon Style), Jiu Jitsu, Tai Chi (Chen Style), Hatha Yoga and meditation since the age of 7, while also helping her parents run a local martial arts school where she was just 13 years old when she started giving classes to kids, teens and adults. In 2005, during her Martial arts studies in Beijing, she also visited and trained with the Shaolin Monks in their legendary monastery in Henan province.

Thanks to her martial arts background and her work on Chinese "Wuxia" (Chinese Fantasy Martial Arts) sets, Kerry is well-versed in directing heavy action and stunt scenes by utilizing wires and robotic motion-controlled stunt systems, making her the first and only German female filmmaker able to direct and produce Martial Arts-loaded Wuxia films to date.

Because of her creative work as a director, she also developed professional skills as a graphic designer, post-production editor, VFX connoisseur and photographer, making her an all-rounder in the business. 

Her multilingual capabilities reach from English, German, French, Chinese, Spanish to Polish. She also holds a "Latinum" and a "Graecum" for her advanced Latin and Old-Greek language, history and philosophy studies, making her the only German female filmmaker to date being able to direct and produce authentic historical movies of that time.

As a certified screenwriter and E-Commerce manager, Kerry combines her creative vein with her over 15-years of entrepreneurial expertise in Marketing, E-Commerce and PR as well. 

Kerry studied Chinese Wushu & Tai-Chi at the Beijing Capital University of Physical Education (CUPES), Chinese Literature and Language at Chengdu University (CU) and the Beijing International Studies University (BISU). She also joined 2 short-term study workshops at the Beijing Film Academy in Directing and Cinematography, as well as four years of the Producer's Workshop and Network during the International Cannes Film Festival.

In 2012, Kerry became one of the patrons of the annual International Teddy Award, the official queer award at the Berlin International Film Festival.

As a writer, she won as the only female, the only German, and the only non-Chinese participant the 2017 'Canada Golden Maple Film Award' for "Best Original Screenplay" with her Sci-Fi blockbuster script "Wang: The Dragon King". She received another 7 group-wins as a co-producer for "Best Film", "Best Director", "Best Script" with the Sino-foreign Co-Production "Kayla" and 3 more with "Frozen Brothers" for "Best Mobile Feature Film", making her company the only Chinese film production house to win such an award internationally. In total, Kerry has won over 25 awards as a director, writer and producer.

In 2019, Kerry made her debut as a German female Sci-Fi novelist with the first book of "The Chronicles of Qi" trilogy, also known as "Wang - The Dragon King" under her German publishing name, and has since then released additional booklets connected to the series. Her 50$ Million theatrical movie, based on the first book, has been in the making since 2017 and will be directed by famous Hollywood stunt-coordinator and director Andy Cheng, co-directed by Jessie Kerry, as the first female German director to direct an international high budget Sci-Fi blockbuster, starring Henry Ian Cusick (Lost, The 100, Mac Gyver, Inhumans, The Passage), Wesley Wong (Pacific Rim: Uprising, L.A. Rush), Tiger Hu Chen (Man of Tai Chi, Kung Fu Traveler, Triple Threat), Francois Goeske (French for Beginners, Treasure Island), Brandon Soo Hoo (Ender's Game, G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra) and many other well-known international stars. Since Covid-19 the production was pushed into "Turnaround". The script is announced to be rewritten and will be based on the "Wang" novel series..

In 2021, Kerry's 2013-SciFi-Short "Whisper (Between The Shades)" has been conceptually revamped to become the first internationally produced German high-budget "historical" Sci-Fi movie directed by a female German director.

Kerry's autobiography will launch in late 2022 under the German title "Laowai - Die Ausländerin: 1984-2022" (engl.: Laowai - The Foreigner: 1984-2022). It has gained significant traction since its official announcement and is considered to be produced in the near future as an Online TV series.