ABOUT

Jess Bartlett is an award-winning writer/producer with bases in SE and SW England. She has written and produced a large number of short films including BBC Arts and ACE funded projects, one of which is streaming on BBC iPlayer.

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As a Production Company Director at Terror Arcade, Jess is currently in development for multiple projects, including the development of their debut feature film. Their lockdown short TIME OUT went viral online, accumulating 90+ million views across platforms.

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Most recently, Jess wrapped on horror short OUTSIDE NOISE with writer/director Ethan Evans which won production funding from CenterFrame. The short is exec produced by Jed Shepherd & Alex Noyer and is official selection at The 68th BFI London Film Festival and Oscar/Bafta-qualifying Leeds International Film Festival.

 

Jess is one of the 2023 Killer Shorts horror screenplay contest winners and was a semi-finalist this year.

 

In 2022, Jess worked as a TV writer on horror series URBAN LEGEND on HBO MAX produced by Eli Roth. Jess was also selected for the new BFI Shorts2Features scheme and received a Bafta Connect membership. Alongside this, she worked as a mentor on the 2022 BFI Creative Mentoring scheme. 

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In 2021, Jess earned her first professional writing credit on horror TV series THE HAUNTED MUSEUM produced by Eli Roth. Since, she has written for series 2 and both episodes are available to watch on HBO Max.

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Jess worked as an Assistant Producer/Post Production Coordinator at Calling The Shots in 2021 and completed the BFI New Producers Lab in November 2020.

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Jess graduated from the University of Gloucestershire in 2018 with a First Class Honours Degree in Film Production with an additional 'School of Media Creativity Prize'.