Director and Writer at AFIN

Biography

Jessica Landry is a Canadian director, screenwriter, 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 recently directed a proof-of-concept short film based on GHOSTS OF LAKELAND, as well as her follow-up short film, TESTAMENT, a drama funded by the NSI’s Cinematoba program. Jessica has written several 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. She’s also 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; 7TH GEN, a factual series with APTN, which she also directed on; several original MOWs with Vortex Productions and Reel One Entertainment; several true crime series with Farpoint Films; and BENNY, a WWII biopic feature with Sir Harry Films. She is currently adapting the novel APRIL RAINTREE as a limited series, recently signed a two-picture development deal with Vortex Productions, and has other projects in various stages of development. She also released her debut collection of short stories, THE NIGHT BELONGS TO US, in 2023; co-edited the Bram Stoker Award-, British Fantasy Award-, and Shirley Jackson Award-nominated anthology THERE IS NO DEATH, THERE ARE NO DEAD; and had an original story in the anthology ALIENS VS PREDATOR: ULTIMATE PREY, released in March 2022. Find her online at jessicalandry.ca.