Jessica is a Canadian filmmaker and actor whose work explores the intersections of gender, identity, and intimacy within broader cultural narratives. She is drawn to stories that subvert genre and form, offering unconventional perspectives on the female experience.
Her short films Between Realities Along the Edge of Time (2021) and Bing! Bang! Bi! (2020) have been presented internationally at film festivals, including Festival du Nouveau Cinéma, Inside Out and Frameline. She also produced and starred in Taos (2019) which received a Jury Award from Santa Fe International Film Festival. As an actor, Jessica has appeared in numerous television series and was Co-Founder and Artistic Director of the independent theatre company Heart in Hand. Her work has been supported by Telefilm Canada, the Canada Council for the Arts, the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council (SSHRC), Inside Out’s RE:Focus Fund, and has been broadcast on CBC.
Her recent experimental celluloid shorts Death by Landscape (2023), Picture This (2024) and Manitoulin, with love (2024), further reflect her interest in hybridity of form. Jessica’s co-written feature The Way Out was named to the 2022 Mubi/Wscripted Cannes Screenplay List. She holds an MFA in Screenwriting from York University and is currently in pre-production on her debut feature, Tides, produced by Nice Picture and Shut Up & Colour Pictures.