Joni Cuquet
- Additional Crew
- Producer
- Casting Department
Joni Cuquet has had a life long career in the field of arts. A native
of Northern California, as early as grade school, Joni was in charge of
designing sets, producing and directing school plays. She acquired a
Bachelor of Science Degree in Architectural Design from the University
of California, Davis, which eventually led her to the technical art of
television production on Network Television in San Francisco through
extensive training at Kodak in New York. After successfully producing,
writing and directing 96 television shows on ABC, CBS and NBC, earning
a 13.7/17 share rating, Joni decided to move to Southern California to
pursue a path as a filmmaker. For over a decade, Joni has participated
in the filmmaking process by working for Sony Pictures Entertainment,
Sony Pictures Imageworks, Columbia TriStar Pictures, Screengems, Game
Show Networks, Twentieth Century Fox, Island Pictures, Skouras Pictures
and Paramont Pictures, in areas of producing, Business and Legal
Affairs, programming, finance, human resources, field publicity,
special effects and post production management on nearly 30 films.
Adding to her list of achievements, she was a Vice President of
Multimedia Production in publishing for Knowledge Exchange, a Warner
Books/Little, Brown & Company distribution. After her studio experience
and winning awards for video production in Los Angeles and Memphis for
the Special Olympics and the California Cosmotology Association; along
with winning an award for a book-on-tape, "The Federal Express Story",
Joni was ready to take the challenge and create her own independent
production and consulting company. She acquired JQ Media, located in
Los Angeles, California, in 2002. Recently, Joni produced her first
independent film, "Irvine Welsh's Ecstasy", the long awaited sequel to
"Trainspotting", which won 10 best feature film awards on the
international film festival circuit and will be in theaters this
November, 2012. Within the scope of her experience, she not only raises
film funds as an Executive Producer, but also acts as a Casting
Director in all her film and television projects, a Talent Manager for
actors and musicians, and as a Publicist and Public Relations
specialist.