Jess X. Snow
Jess X. Snow is a non-binary is a writer/director, artist, author and poet, who creates genre-defying stories from a queer Chinese immigrant lens. Recently named one of Filmmaker Magazine's 25 New Faces of Independent Film, their body of work reimagines queer asian diaspora, kinship across cultures and species, mental health, and abolitionist futures. Prior to filmmaking, they spent a decade creating artwork for migrant, climate and racial justice movements. Their short films have screened at 50+ film festivals worldwide including New Orleans, BFI Flare, Outfest, Ann Arbor, BlackStar, Cinequest (Best Student Short) and Durban Film Festival (Special Mention) and received support from Tribeca Film Institute, The Alfred P. Sloan Foundation, and the National Film Board of Canada. Their debut feature film, When The River Split Open, a road movie which takes place in their ancestral homelands of JiangXi China, was recently workshopped in the Cine Qua Non Script Revision Lab. Earlier this year, they received their MFA in writing/directing from NYU where they were a BAFTA scholar.
A member of the Justseeds Artist Co-operative, prior to filmmaking, they spent a decade creating artwork for migrant, climate and racial justice movements. Their large-scale murals which feature intergenerational kinships with Black, Asian, Pacific Islander and Indigenous femmes can be found across North America. Along with their artistic practice, they teach screenwriting and community mural-making to people of all ages and backgrounds.
