Jen Sall (www.thejensall.com) is an award-winning (multi-hyphenate) writer, director and producer committed to creative work that is thought-provoking and sparks conversation across film, television, and digital media. With experience spanning the visual storytelling spectrum - from branded films to scripted to documentary - Jen breaks down barriers between content silos, opening the door to more unusual approaches and fresh voices in her creative. She has brought this experience and unique perspective to her work at Apple, Calvin Klein, Disney, HBO, Hello Sunshine, Hulu, Netflix and Viacom, among other prestigious brands and studios.
Originally from Washington, DC, Jen's work is inspired and informed by her time abroad, living in both Rio de Janeiro and Rome, where she learned five languages and once worked as an interpreter at a David Bowie concert. As she moved into all things arts and culture, she became the Editor-At-Large of THE EP, a lifestyle magazine once found on the shelves of MOMA PS1 and the Andy Warhol Museum.
Jen is a 2026 Stowe Story Labs Narrative Labs Fellowship Finalist, 2023 Gracie Award Winner from the Alliance for Women in Media. Jen was also one of eight women selected for the worldwide 2020 Women in Screen Workshop, hosted by the Australian Screen Forum.
A member of BAFTA, P.G.A, Television Academy and the Alliance of Women Directors. In 2025, Jen created a docu-series starring Erika Alexander (American Fiction, Get Out, The Fall and Rise of Reggie Dinkins)) in partnership with MACRO. Jen directed the sizzle starring Danielle Brooks (Minecraft), Dewayne Perkin (The Studio) and Rafael Casal (Tusla King). ARRI camera selected footage from her sizzle for their 2026 Showcase.
Her short Your Night is My Day, starring Benjamin Earl Turner (Blindspotting, Snowfall) premiered at Mill Valley Film Festival in 2025. The short is based on her romance-comedy pilot script of the same name, a semi-finalist in the 2021 Sundance Institute Episodic Lab. The project is in development as a feature film.
In 2024, Jen directed her first short film,This Could Have Been an Email, a 2025 Cleveland International Film Festival and Cinequest selection (both Oscar qualifying film festivals) as well as other top festivals around the world. The film stars Becky Chicoine (The Other Two, Mr.Robot) and continues to receive requests to screen at festivals worldwide. The feature script SuperNormal, based on the short, has received numerous awards including Stowe Story Labs, Etheria and Cordillera.
Her second short, The Reboot: A Fight Club story created for the web, was picked up for a paid distribution deal in 2025 on Weshort. Jen was a second rounder in the Austin Film Festival Screenplay competition in 2025. Jen created and directed, Art is No Joke, starring Sarah Sherman (SNL), Niccole Thurman (Kenan) and other female comics. As well as directing branded content for Bloomberg, California Suicide Awareness and CHIEF.
Her work as a producer includes the 2023 Emmy nominated Eat the Rich: The GameStop Saga for Netflix, Rise for Hello Sunshine directed by Nisha Ganatra, launched at Sundance Film Festival in 2023. SWIPE NIGHT: Killer Weekend, starring Luke Slattery (The Boys in the Boat), an Emmy nominated series, Root Letter starring Danny Ramirez (Top Gun: Maverick), Hangry starring Justin Kirk (HBO’s Perry Mason, Weeds) and Bite Size HULUWEEN (a short form anthology series for Hulu) in 2021 and 2022.
She is represented at Octagon Entertainment for film and television and She Strikes for commercial projects.