Jenny initially began a career in music, having studied the viola since the age of 8 and receiving a scholarship to attend music school. But she decided to take a completely different path in life and transferred to Emerson College in Boston, graduating with a degree in video and television production. Jenny moved to Los Angeles shortly thereafter and began coordinating overseas productions for Nu Image and Millennium Films. Over the course of four years, she helped the company produce twenty-six pictures. In 2003, she left her job so that she could focus on finishing her own project, "Abel Raises Cain," her first feature documentary.
Jeff graduated from the University of West Florida with a degree in Communication Arts and began his career as a news photographer and editor at WBBH-TV in Ft. Myers, Florida. He moved on to WAMI-TV in Miami where he earned a Suncoast Regional Emmy Award in the Series Reporting Human Interest category for "Mariel: 20 Years Later." He eventually moved to Los Angeles and became a freelance photographer, working on various news magazine and reality shows. In 2000, he was hired to shoot for the nationally syndicated show "Uncovered." It was while working on this show that he first met Alan Abel, who subsequently introduced him to his daughter, Jenny. Together, Jeff and Jenny produced and directed their debut film, "Abel Raises Cain."
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