DIRECTORS

Jessamyn Ansary got her start in the film industry as an associate producer on acclaimed director Michael Apted’s multi-year documentary, Married in America. Other feature film experience includes being part of the producing team on the Emmy-nominated healthcare documentary Escape Fire, production managing the indie horror film Catskill Park, and casting HBO’s feature documentary Americans in Bed. Her work in television includes writing/story producing and casting for networks such as Travel Channel, National Geographic, Food Network, Fusion, Comedy Central, PBS, and others. Notable writing credits include writer/story producer on the long-running Travel Channel series Mysteries at the Museum, narrative script writing and editing for Rosetta Films, and pitch writing for Bright-Eyed Media. Most recently, Jessamyn co-produced a feature true crime documentary for Hulu, cast the leads on an upcoming HBO max series about modern dating, and produced a series of short branded documentaries for eBay/Transient Pictures. Jessamyn is currently a scriptwriter on the Oxygen true crime series Snapped. Lee Fields: Faithful Man is her directorial debut on a feature film.