Jennessa West

JENNESSA WEST // PRODUCER

Jennessa started her production career working in episodic television for Warner Brothers Television, the FX Channel and CBS Television while living in Los Angeles. Jennessa later moved to Seattle, Washington where she founded Pressing Pictures, LLC – a production company dedicated to creating compelling commercial and narrative works. Jennessa’s producing credits include Megan Griffith’s feature film SADIE starring Sophia Mitri Schloss, Melanie Lynskey, John Gallagher, Jr., Danielle Brooks, and Tony Hale which is set to premiere in competition at SXSW this year. Jennessa also produced the coming-of-age film LANE 1974 with Katherine Moennig which premiered at SXSW in 2017 and received two grand jury prizes from acclaimed festivals and distribution through The Orchard, MY LAST YEAR WITH THE NUNS, premiered at the 2014 Seattle International Film Festival with distribution through Fandor, SPIN a short film premiering at the Julien Dubuque International Film Festival and she co-produced the comedic web series ROCKETMEN. She is the Executive Producer for Stefanie Sparks’ gross-out girl comedy IN CASE OF EMERGENCY which won an audience award for best feature at the Bushwick Film Festival and played as best of fest at Citizen Jane. Jennessa is currently developing Ahamefule Oluo’s highly anticipated film, THIN SKIN - a true story which was featured on This American Life with Charles Mudede and SHRILL: Notes from a Loud Woman author Lindy West.

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