Filmmaker Nancy Fingerhood
Nancy Fingerhood hails from New Jersey and moved out to Colorado more than 13 years ago. While she has been a writer and performer for many years, her filmmaking career began 3 years ago with the creation of the video spoof Middle Aged Women Gone Wild. After winning the Open Screen Night filmmakers competition in Denver in January 2014, she went to to write, produce, direct, edit and star in the spoof commercial the Fubra. She again won Open Screen Night in March 2015. Since then she has created many more comedy videos including her web series Mile High Nancy based on a single mother by choice who is an aspiring comedian and hosts a 420 friendly cooking show. Several of her videos have been screened at The Emerging Filmmakers Project and Colorado Independent Women in Film festivals.
She has also performed stand up comedy at venues such as Comedy Works, the Bug Theater and the Improv at Northfield. She took first place in the Colorado You've Got Talent comedy competition judged by Tommy Chong.
"I am a Denver-based creative who writes, stars in, directs, and edits “Mile High Nancy”, a web series that blends sketch comedy with stand-up. It’s about a single mother by choice who is also an aspiring comedian. The show also incorporates Denver’s marijuana culture via the main character’s 420 cable cooking show, “Stirring the Pot with Mile High Nancy”. I wanted to delve into the issues that parents face and show a mom who is not afraid to let the world know that cannabis is a part of her life. I have received emails from other moms who can relate.
This is part of a message I received from a mom in Illinois who suffers with chronic pain:
I so enjoyed and identified with your stories of motherhood and being a cannabis user and all the guilt and hilarity that goes along with raising kids and comparing yourself to other parents.....your web series and other artistic endeavors are inspirational to me as someone who is artistic by nature and always looking for an outlet for it...I appreciate you and your work and look forward to seeing what you do next.
I wanted to create a show that discusses openly women's dating and sexuality as well - particularly women over 40. In my latest episode, I use humor to highlight a sexual issue that we can face as we age. I hope to continue to highlight relevant issues, such as parenting, race relations, and aging through sketch comedy."
