Jess Jacobs is an award-winning artist, entrepreneur, investor, and activist whose work primarily centers diverse representations of the femme experience in film. A working actor from the age of 15, Jess began her career in theater and has since become versed in all elements of film production, both on and off camera. She has spent the last decade building bridges between movement leaders, artists creating impactful media, and intergenerational investors and philanthropists. Her cross-sector leadership is rooted in the bringing forth innovative models for film production that improves creative autonomy for diverse artists.

Jess is an Executive Producer and impact strategist of PLAN C, a timely documentary about abortion pill access from award-winning director Tracy Droz Tragos that had its world premiere at the Sundance Film Festival in 2023 and was an official selection at SXSW 2023 before securing nationwide theatrical distribution. Jess also co-founded impact-focused creative production company Invisible Pictures, where she produced BULL (Samuel Goldwyn, Sony International), LONG WEEKEND (Sony Classics), KATRINA BABIES (HBO) and SOUL CITY (Topic) for the company. As an actor Jess is best known for her award-winning work in indie film BUTTERFLY CAUGHT, and is the creator behind CHOICES, a short form film project which she created and stars in, opposite Alysia Reiner and Paige Gilbert, which secured distribution on Omeleto. Her feature film screenwriting debut, in which she also stars, opposite Adam Bakri and Reed Birney is in post-production, helmed by celebrated Iraqi filmmaker Oday Rasheed. 

Jess’ work has been screened at Cannes Film Festival, Sundance, SXSW, TIFF, and beyond, and can be found on Hulu, Amazon Prime, Paramount+, Starz and more. Her work has been featured in Huffington Post, Forbes, Cosmopolitan, Teen Vogue, Impact Alpha, and others. Through her Jess Jacobs Fund, she has deployed resources to over 40 organizations, movements and their leaders to support and preserve creative and bodily autonomy for all. She was named one of Real Leaders Magazine's 100 Visionary Leaders, and received the Future is Female Award from ICFP. Jess is a member of many formal and informal social justice groups, is on the Investor Advisory Committee for Upstart CoLab, the Artist’s Advisory Council for San Diego International Film Festival, and is the chair of the board of New York non-profit Rooftop Films. Jess received her BA in Art History from New York University. She lives in Los Angeles with her partner and their two dogs.