Television
Ten Percent
Jess has directed episodes #1.3 and #1.4 of Ten Percent, the hit new Amazon/Bron series based on the French series Call My Agent.
Ten Percent follows a British talent agency as its members deal with the chaos of keeping star clients happy in the midst of the loss of their founder (Jim Broadbent).
Episodes #1.3 and #1.4 feature guest stars Dominic West, Emma Corrin, and Himesh Patel.
Bluestockings
Jess is currently developing the TV adaptation of her first play Blue Stockings for Monumental.
Blue Stockings follows the lives of the students in Girton College, Cambridge 1896, the first college in Britain to admit women. Tess Moffat and her fellow first years are determined to win the right to graduate. But little do they anticipate the hurdles in their way: the distractions of love, the cruelty of the class divide or the strength of the opposition, who will do anything to stop them. The play follows them over one tumultuous academic year, in their fight to change the future of education.
Short Films
Leading Lady Parts
Jessica's short Leading Lady Parts premiered on BBC4 on the 30th of July 2018. It has been viewed twelve million times over different platforms. The short takes a sneak peek backstage as the cream of British acting talent step forward to audition for that dream role. They are primed to take on the role of a lifetime, that complex woman, the strong woman, a woman for today. A lady part who is more than just... lady parts.
The eclectic, award-winning cast includes Gemma Arterton, Gemma Chan, Emilia Clarke, Lena Headey, Tom Hiddleston, Felicity Jones, Katie Leung, Stacy Martin, Wunmi Mosaku, Florence Pugh, Catherine Tate and Anthony Welsh.
The hear her campaign aims to give free reign and the opportunity for normally unheard women from across the UK to tell their stories and give their opinions on all matters ‘women’. It aims to elevate these honest and uncensored opinions to make them un-ignorable. To discover more about hear her click the button below.