Jess Berry is a writer, director, producer, and actor. Her most recent credits include producing CHANGING THE GAME, a Hulu Original feature documentary, championing transgender high-school athletes who battle individual state legislature and discrimination. The film won multiple awards, including the OUTFEST Audience Award, and reached the coveted "100% Certified Fresh" on Rotten Tomatoes. She also recently completed YOU ARE NOT A FEMINIST, a short film she wrote, directed, and starred – playing opposite of her non-actor mom, in this two-hander about breaking up with your mother. Her acting credits include TIFF premiering, A Family Man (Zero Gravity), 9-1-1 (FOX), Chicago Fire (NBC), Chicago PD (NBC), and For the People (ABC). Jess began her acting career on the Chicago theater stage, working with the prestigious Goodman Theatre and intimate storefront companies. She is a proud member of WOMEN IN FILM and is a select participant in the 2020 Mentorship Program. Her current pilot project, LITTLE JESS, is short-listed for the 2021 Sundance Episodic Writing Lab. Jess is the Vice President of Development at SuperFilms!, an award-winning Los Angeles-based production company, focused on social justice stories. Originally from the Midwest, Jess received her BFA at Miami University, Ohio.