I am absolutely delighted that my final episode of the year is with Jess Jones, someone who I’m really lucky to call a friend.
I met Jess working at the BFI and I think she has an incredible work ethic and an infectious personality, and it’s been really great watching her soar and have lots of success this year, so I was very excited to be able to hear more about that in this interview.
We cover a lot - from Jess’ initial desire to be an actor to her discovery of development, how and why she left the BFI to become a freelance script editor and development exec and also lots of great general chat about the creative process, such as deadlines, subjectivity, imposter syndrome, burnout, goal-setting - I think its packed full of gems and also Jess has one of the best answers to the myth-busting question I’ve heard doing this podcast.
We also do a quick recap of some of our favourite women-helmed films this year, so listen out for those recommendations.
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#78: Lauren McCallum, Head of European Production at Scanline VFX
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#76: Eva Riley, Filmmaker
Episode 75: Emily Morgan, Producer
Episode 74: Louisa Maycock, Founder & CEO of Girls on Tops
Episode 73: Anna Bogutskaya, Programmer, Broadcaster, Writer & Creative Producer
Episode 72: Gemma Cole, Agency Director & Artist
Episode 71: Georgina Higgins, Script Supervisor
Episode 70: Joanne Michael, Director of Marketing at Cornerstone
Episode 69: Jayisha Patel, VR Filmmaker
Episode 68: Gabrielle Stewart, Managing Director of HanWay Films
Episode 67: Malinda Kaur, 2nd Assistant Director
Episode 66: Dionne Farrell, Development Executive
Episode 65: Sophie O'Neill, Costume Designer
Episode 64: Anu Henriques, Associate Director of Rocks and Founder of Skin Deep
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Episode 062: Georgia Oakley, Filmmaker (Live at Watersprite Film Festival)
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