She adopted the name J.A. Steel to direct, write and edit under. The "Jones" character in the final cut of "The Third Society" went uncredited, as Steel never originally intended to play the "Jones" character. Steel was one of the first female directors who has written a nude scene for herself, as Jones spent a lot of time in the shower to wash away the grime from the fight scenes. Steel races motorcycles, skydives, handles swords, competes in muay Thai kickboxing, is a Master Scuba Diver, and holds 22 marksmanship awards with various weapons. She spent two years in Army ROTC. Steel went on to write, produce, direct, edit, perform stunts and star in two more action feature films: the award-winning "Salvation" in 2007 and "Denizen". Steel also directed the short films "Dive the Deep Blue" and "A Change of Plans". "Salvation" was shot using an Arriflex super 16mm camera. Steel tapped into her music roots to write the song "Angel Tonight" for the soundtrack of "The Third Society"; and direct the music videos for "Doesn't Matter Anyway" and "It's a Beautiful Day", both by the Emily O'Neary Band for "The Third Society". She also collaborated with Edith Fung to create the music for the soundtrack of "Dive the Deep Blue". Her third film "Denizen" was released in April 2010.