Jessica Landry is a screenwriter, director, and Bram Stoker Award-winning author. Her original horror feature, MY ONLY SUNSHINE, was accepted into Whistler Film Festival’s Screenwriters Lab in 2020 and is in development, with Jessica set to direct. In 2021, she was accepted into the CFC/Netflix Project Development Accelerator with her original horror/comedy series, CATASTROPHE QUEENS, which is currently under option; as well as TIFF’s inaugural Series Accelerator program (September 2022) and NSI’s Series Incubator program (November 2021) with her original limited drama series, GHOSTS OF LAKELAND. She’s directed a proof-of-concept short film based on GHOSTS OF LAKELAND, followed by TESTAMENT, a drama funded by the NSI’s Cinematoba program, and is currently gearing up to film her next original short, a dark comedy entitled I FALL TO PIECES.

Jessica has several original projects under option, including WE SHALL BE MONSTERS, a factual series about the history of women in horror that she will write and direct, and the horror feature, BODY COUNT. She’s also written several drama and thriller MOWs including LIST OF A LIFETIME, which was nominated for a Critics’ Choice Award and Hollywood Critics’ Association Award for Best Made for Television Movie. Jessica has worked in the development room for the CBC show STRAYS; co-wrote and co-executive produced the feature documentary, TRUE STORY, for the History Channel; has written on FAMILY FIRST, a sitcom in development with Eagle Vision