About

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Place of birth:
Canada
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Jess X. Snow

Overview

Jess X. Snow is a filmmaker, multi-disciplinary artist, poet and cultural worker. Born in Canada, of JiangXi Chinese heritage, through a wide range of mediums and genres—their stories explore migration, surrealism, unwellness in the aftermath of the american dream, Black/Asian intimacies and anti-colonial, abolitionist futures.

Recently named one of Filmmaker Magazine's 25 New Faces of Independent Film, their genre-defying short films,unveil how flawed diasporic people live, heal and refuse with bold visuals and poetic lyricism. Their forthcoming short, ROOTS THAT REACH TOWARD THE SKY (2024) will premiere this fall. Past shorts they wrote and directed include SAFE AMONG STARS (2020), LITTLE SKY (2021) and I WANNA BECOME THE SKY (2023) which screened at BlackStar, BFI Flare, New Orleans, Ann Arbor, Outfest, Toronto Reel Asian (National Film Board of Canada Best Short Award), Durban International Film Festival (Special Mention) and many more. They were a cinematographer and producer on several narrative and documentary films that have screened at festivals including Toronto (TIFF), Palm Springs and Aspen ShortsFests. They are currently in development for their first narrative feature, WHEN THE RIVER SPLIT OPEN, a romantic road movie that participated in the 2023 Cine Qua Non Script Revision Lab.

Jess earned a BFA in film and illustration from Rhode Island School of Design and an MFA in screenwriting and directing from the Graduate Film Program at New York University.

Known for

Acting
2023 They Call Me Suki Actor Self N/A
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2023 I Wanna Become the Sky Actor Sky N/A
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Directing
2024 Roots That Reach Toward The Sky Directing Director N/A
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2023 Subliminal Directing Director N/A
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2023 I Wanna Become the Sky Directing Director N/A
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2021 Little Sky Directing Director N/A
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2019 Safe Among Stars Directing Director N/A
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2018 Motherland Directing Director N/A
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2017 Afterearth Directing Director N/A
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When the River Split Open Directing Director N/A
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Writing
2024 Roots That Reach Toward The Sky Writing Writer N/A
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2023 Subliminal Writing Screenplay N/A
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2023 I Wanna Become the Sky Writing Writer N/A
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2021 Little Sky Writing Screenplay N/A
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2019 Safe Among Stars Writing Writer N/A
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2018 Motherland Writing Writer N/A
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Alien Enemies / Alien Friends Writing Writer N/A
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When the River Split Open Writing Writer N/A
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Production
2024 The Beguiling Production Executive Producer N/A
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2021 Fervor Production Co-Producer 58
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Retrieval Production Producer N/A
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Happy Thanksgiving Production Producer N/A
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Camera
2024 Nobuko Miyamoto: A Song In Movement Camera Director of Photography N/A
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2019 Be A Fish Camera Director of Photography N/A
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2018 Cherish Camera Director of Photography N/A
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2017 Afterearth Camera Director of Photography N/A
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Retrieval Camera Director of Photography N/A
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Editing
2021 Little Sky Editing Editor N/A
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2017 Afterearth Editing Editor N/A
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