Jane Applegate is a writer/producer and a passionate storyteller who has been sharing stories about women for decades in print, online, on TV and through her award-winning independent films. She is a shareholder of Greenlit Productions, based in Vihti, Finland. Jane heads up Greenlit Production’s New York office. 
Her independent films have won several domestic and international film festival awards.
 
Applegate’s current project in development with Greenlit Productions is a global TV series called The Heirloom Feast. The series will bring celebrities to various countries to explore their family histories through traditional food and drinks. The
first episode will be shot in Finland and directed by Nick Brigden, who directed and edited Anthony Bourdain’s travel and cuisine shows for more than a decade.

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Applegate is also developing a global series called Remarkable Women: Out of the Shadows. The project brings together more than a dozen writers, directors, and producers in a dozen countries around the world. The filmmakers are researching untold stories about accomplished and remarkable women born in their country. All stories will be told in a hybrid documentary format, featuring expert interviews, archival footage and photos, animation and scripted scenes
featuring famous and up-and-coming actors.

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Prior to becoming a producer, Applegate was an reporter for Bloomberg Television and an investigative reporter for the Los Angeles Times. She is the author of four books on small business success based on the syndicated column she wrote for many years for the Los Angeles Times and the Washington Post Syndicate.

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