Jessica M. Thompson

Jessica M. Thompson is an Emmy-nominated filmmaker who won the Audience Award at SXSW for her feature writing-directorial debut, "The Light of the Moon", starring Stephanie Beatriz (Brooklyn Nine-Nine, In The Heights). The film enjoyed a limited theatrical release to sold-out screens and heralds a 97% Rotten Tomatoes score. Critics called the film "harrowingly effective" (Variety), "honest and complex" (The Hollywood Reporter), and Film Inquiry remarked that "for any filmmaker, this would be an unmitigated triumph, but for a first-time filmmaker this is revelatory."

Jess went on to be the lead director of the Showtime/Sky limited series "The End", produced by the Oscar-winning See-Saw Films (The Power of the Dog, The King's Speech). The series received five-star reviews from The Guardian and The Times.

Her second directorial feature, "The Invitation", a Sony Pictures' gothic-thriller, premiered #1 at the worldwide box office and #2 when later released on Netflix, where it was streamed over 12 million times in two weeks.

Jess founded Stedfast Productions in 2010.