Jessica M. Thompson is an Emmy-nominated Australian writer, director, and producer who resides in Los Angeles.
She made her feature directorial debut with "The Light of the Moon", which had its world premiere at the SXSW film festival in March 2017, where it won the Audience Award for Best Narrative Feature Film. "The Light of the Moon", starring Stephanie Beatriz (Brooklyn Nine-Nine), enjoyed a limited theatrical release in December 2017 to sold-out screens in both New York and Los Angeles, and heralds a 97% Rotten Tomatoes score.
Leslie Felperin from The Hollywood Reporter stated, "Thompson clearly has a knack with actors, coaxing sharp, believable performances from all involved", and Hollywood News named it "the timeliest movie of the year." Jess recently wrapped as the lead director on a new television series by the Academy Award-winning producers at See-Saw Films (Lion, The King's Speech, Top of the Lake). "The End" is a dramedy about the end of life and assisted dying, told through three generations of a dysfunctional family, and it will premiere worldwide in January 2020.
In 2010, Jess founded Stedfast Productions, a collective of visual storytellers who use film to explore the complexity of the human story.
Jess is repped by Creative Artists Agency (CAA) and Kaplan/Perrone Management. IMDb Mini Biography By: Stedfast Productions
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