Jessica Anthony
Production
Biography
Jessica Anthony is a producer, writer, director and impact strategist with over two decades of experience in live action, animation and visual effects. In 2015 she produced the award winning film THE MASK YOU LIVE IN (Sundance/Netflix) directed by Jennifer Siebel Newsom. In 2016 Anthony partnered with filmmaker Kelly Duane de la Vega to produce and direct the short film SUPREME COURT VS. THE AMERICAN VOTER (NyTimes Op Doc). Also in 2016, she produced director Guetty Felin’s narrative feature AYITI MON AMOUR, a magical neo-realistic fable set in Haiti, which premiered at Toronto in 2016 and was shortlisted for an Oscar. Anthony produced and co-directed the award winning documentary feature IN THE BONES (Atlanta Film Festival 2022/Grasshopper Films) a project supported by Sundance, Ford Foundation, IDA, and Catapult, directed and co-produced by de la Vega. Her most recent projects include the upcoming documentary memoir VIVIEN’S WILD RIDE, an ITVS supported film by Vivien Hillgrove that follows a visual artist as she loses her sight, and IN WAVES AND WAR, a feature documentary that follows a group of retired Navy SEALs who find hope in a Mexican clinic where they undergo psychedelic-assisted therapy, directed by Jon Shenk and Bonni Cohen. Jessica is a Sundance Creative Producing Fellow and lives in the San Francisco Bay.
Known For
A magical fable weaves together the lives of three different people in Haiti five years after a devastating earthquake.
Haiti My Love
Three Navy SEALs leave their tours of duty in Iraq and Afghanistan with treatment-resistant, unrelenting psychological pain. They find themselves at the cutting edge of a different frontline: a lifesaving psychedelic therapy that brings healing to a community in urgent need.
In Waves and War
Compared to girls, research shows that boys in the United States are more likely to be diagnosed with a behaviour disorder, prescribed stimulant medications, fail out of school, binge drink, commit a violent crime, and/or take their own lives. The Mask You Live In asks: as a society, how are we failing our boys?
The Mask You Live In
In the Bones is a lyrical documentary that explores the personal and political by interweaving the lives of 12 characters living in Mississippi during a legislative session in which equal pay for equal work and abortion rights are being decided. Although set in three distinct regions of Mississippi, In the Bones is a much broader exploration of our culture, an unsettling portrait of America that shines a light on the weight women live under in this country and also the resilience expressed in everyday acts of survival.
In the Bones
When veteran film editor Vivien Hillgrove discovers that she is losing her sight, she embarks on an unconventional documentary memoir.