Jessica Edwards has a broad background in the film industry as a director, producer, and publicist. Her award-winning short documentary Seltzer Works premiered at SXSW and went on to screen at Hot Docs, Full Frame, Silverdocs and many other festivals around the world before airing on the PBS documentary series POV in 2010. Her subsequent film, Tugs, screened at SXSW, Full Frame, Silverdocs and BAMCinemafest in 2011. Her short film, The Landfill, which she co-directed with Gary Hustwit, premiered at Sundance in 2012. In 2013, Edwards edited and self-published Tell Me Something: Documentary Filmmakers, a book of advice from documentary filmmakers, featuring Al Maysles, DA Pennebaker, Martin Scorsese, Errol Morris, Michael Moore, Barbara Kopple, and over 50 more. Edwards has a BFA in Cinema from Concordia University in her native Canada and a Masters degree in Documentary Studies from The New School in New York.
Mill Valley Film Festival
