Jessica Jones

Jessica Jones is an Emmy® (CA-regional) nominated documentary filmmaker and editor. Her work often focuses on community, representation, and racial equity through character-driven narratives. She has been a part of the editing team for films that have appeared on Hulu, Netflix, Disney+, and PBS. Recent editor credits include BORN FOR THIS (dir: Jen Gilomen) and the forthcoming feature, COACH EMILY (dir: Pallavi Somusetty). In addition, she has edited numerous short documentaries that have appeared in The New York Times, BBC, KQED, and other outlets, where she was part of Webby-acknowledged series, including for If Cities Can Dance (KQED) and My Black Joy (@instagram).

Her directorial work has been supported by the Smithsonian Institute, Working Films and the Berkeley Film Foundation. Her film ON THE PULSE OF LIFE, won the 'American History' short award at the Jackson Doc Fest and screened at festivals nationwide. 

Jessica is a graduate of Northwestern University and George Washington University’s Institute for Documentary Filmmaking. She was the 2011 George Stoney Fellow at Working Films, a 2013 BAVC Mediamaker Fellow, a participant in the 2020 inaugural Re-Take Oakland fellowship program, one of the recipients of the 2024 California Arts Council Youth Speaks Individual Artist Fellows, and a 2023-24 Sundance Documentary Contributing Editor Fellow. 

Currently, she is an SFFILM House resident  and WEXNER Center for the Arts resident. She is directing the upcoming documentary WOMEN WHO RIDE, and she is an editing mentor for the BAVC Media Better Together Program.