Biography

Jessie is an award winning director from Cape Town. Her work ranges from commercials to independent documentaries. Her experience with performance in the theatre world has informed her ability to work across different genres and mediums. Thematically, her work often stems from ideas surrounding girlhood, and coming of age stories. Her films have screened at multiple international film festivals including Doc NYC, AFI Docs, MoMA Doc Fortnight and Visions Du Reel, and have received Vimeo Staff Picks. In 2017 she was named a "Marie Claire Future Shaper" for Marie Claire Magazine and in 2018 she was named a Mail & Guardian's "200 Young South African". Her latest film, "Drummies", was acquired by the New Yorker. She holds an M.F.A in Documentary Film from Stanford University.
- IMDb mini biography by: Jessie Zinn