screenwriting

screenwriting

Jessica J. Rowlands is an award-winning screenwriter in both feature and television formats.

Below are some of her projects.

  • - COMING SOON -

    Feature Film

    Writer & attached to direct

    Developed by Academy Award Nominated Producer

  • RISE

    Feature Film

    IN DEVELOPMENT

    Writer & Director

  • rise

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    Short Film

    Writer & Director

    A charismatic young boy who lives on a rubbish dump in Zimbabwe must convince a reclusive boxing coach to teach him to fight to find safety and strength in a world that has left him behind.

    (coming-of-age, drama)

  • Suki & The Transcendents

    Feature Film

    A babysitter to time-jumping billionaires is forced to steal time pills from her godlike employer after her father dies in a tragic accident and she discovers the true value of time.

    (grounded sci-fi, adventure)

  • ruby

    TV Drama Pilot

    Set in post-war Britain, young Ruby takes up her late mother’s mantle as an MI6 agent. While infiltrating the Italian Mafia, she discovers not only is her mother still alive, but may have switched allegiances.

    (espionage thriller)

  • wild hearts

    Feature Film

    A young mother in rural Zimbabwe, desperate to provide for her daughter, is recruited by the elite, all-female anti-poaching unit responsible for her husband’s recent arrest.

    (Action, Drama)

  • percy

    Feature Film

    An independent young lawyer is forced to take in her estranged, mentally ill brother after the death of their parents and must come to terms with her past or risk losing her future.

    (coming-of-age drama)

“The idea is to write it so that people hear it and it slides through the brain and goes straight to the heart.”

-maya angelou

“Short stories are tiny windows into other worlds and other minds and dreams. They are journeys you can make to the far side of the universe and still be back in time for dinner.”

-neil gaiman