Jessica Sherry
Jessica has been working in the documentary industry for over ten years with networks including National Geographic, Discovery Channel, PBS, and MSNBC and she has shot in many remote corners of the world. Jessica is making her directorial debut with Waiting for John, a film about the last surviving cargo cult, an extraordinary religion found in the South Pacific. The film premiered at Hawaii International Film Festival and screened in the Pacific Heartbeat series on PBS. For the Discovery Channel four-hour special, King Tut Unwrapped, Jessica helped craft the story of the first DNA testing of the King Tut royal mummy family. For PBS Nature’s What Females Want, What Males Will Do, Jessica worked with a team in Ethiopia to tell the story of baboon love and its message about evolution. Throughout her career, she’s interviewed DNA scientists, DEA agents and piano playing cats, hoping to glimpse into new worlds. Jessica graduated from Northwestern University with a Radio/Television/Film degree concentrating in production and creative writing.
