Jess Moore

Writer

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Film, TV & Theatre

Assistant: Nacho Martin

Film, TV & Theatre

Jess is a British-Irish award-winning director and an award-nominated writer.

Her Audible Original 10x20min series, BOOK LOVERS was released globally. NO MAN'S LAND, her TV comedy drama pitch, was selected for Hot House, the BBC Writersroom and BFI-backed inaugural climate change script development lab.

Warner Bros. Discovery’s Artist Studio, the OneFifty, for innovative and impactful filmmakers funded TO HAVE AND TO HOLD, her directorial debut short film, which had its premiere at BAFTA and BIFA-qualifying festival, Cambridge Film Festival. Her other short films ALONE ONCE and BOUNCE, which she wrote and produced, have screened several international film festivals including Underwire, DIFF, Montreal Independent and Cannes Shorts.

Her debut play, GIN FOR BREAKFAST received an Off West End Award nomination for Best New Play. Her follow-up play, NEXT TIME, received outstanding reviews and sold out at Edinburgh Fringe Festival. Her other plays have been performed at Southwark Playhouse, The Old Red Lion and RADA Studios, and read-through Off-Broadway at MCC Theater. In 2023 Jess' play DADDY ISSUES was longlisted by the RSC 37 Plays.

Jess is a WFTV Mentee, mentored by Alice Birch, and a member of BAFTA Connect. 

Previously, Jess was a lawyer, and then Vice President of Corporate Social Responsibility at Warner Bros. She's currently completing a PhD in screenwriting and the themes of the UN Sustainable Development Goals.

Originally from Manchester, Jess is now based in London.

 

REVIEWS

 

GIN FOR BREAKFAST, Tristan Bates Theatre, 2017.

Offie nomination for Best New Play.

 

The Stage ★ ★ ★ ★ 

“Moore's easy, naturalistic dialogue ricochets between the two [characters], exploring their emotional bond with insight and an offbeat sense of humour.”
 

Fairy Powered Productions ★ ★ ★ ★  

“Brutal and compassionate”

“Jess Moore’s dialogue is naturalistic and authentic”

“Gin for Breakfast’s examination of friendship and mental health is an emotionally devastating, bittersweet evening that will change (for the better) the way you look at your mates. Grab a ticket while you can.”

 

Camden New Journal

“A lot of the play’s charm and wit comes from Moore’s beautifully written dialogue”

“Intelligently funny and charmingly wistful, it leaves audiences both laughing and crying.”

 

NEXT TIME, Pleasance, Edinburgh Fringe, 2018.

Fringe Review – Outstanding Show

“Compelling and serious drama”

 

Fringe Guru ★ ★ ★ ★ 

“An important and hard-hitting piece of theatre”

“Moore has written a character who is both deeply vulnerable and incomprehensibly strong”

In Development

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GOOD GIRL

Upcoming play as Writer

SEED BANK

Feature film as Writer & Director

THE NEVER LEFTS

TV Series as Writer.

CLOUDGAZERS

TV Series as Writer.

MAGGIE’S DAUGHTERS

TV Series as Writer.

NO MANS LAND

TV Series as Writer.

Radio

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BOOK LOVERS

2021

Audible

Audio Series
As writer

Short Films

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TO HAVE AND TO HOLD

2022

Warner Bros. Discovery’s Artist Studio – One Fifty

Writer & Director.
Produced by Sara Putt and Candida Julian-Jones.
Funded by Warner Bros. Discovery’s Artist Studio – One Fifty.
Selected by Cambridge Film Festival, Toronto International Women Film Festival, Toronto Feedback Female Film Festival (Winner Best Sound & Music).

BOUNCE

2022

Lexicon

Directed by Alexander Dinelaris (Academy Award, BIRDMAN) and Lloyd Owen.
Performed by Lloyd Owen (The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power) and Cathy Owen.
Selected by DIFF and Underwire.

ALONE ONCE

2021

Independent

Directed by Polly Creed.
Selected by Cannes Short Film Festival, Montreal Independent Film Festival, Cinemagic, Golden Bridge, and DIFF.

BITTER LEMON

2017

RADA commission

Directed by Edward Hicks.
RADA commission. Adaptation of GIN FOR BREAKFAST.
Selected by Riverbend Film Festival and Fastnet Film Festival.

Theatre

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DUST

2024

Over It Revolution at Omnibus Theatre

Director. Written by Roli Okorodudu

HATE BABY

2023

Theatre Handmade

Director.
Written by Gracie Gardner for Shorts.
Produced by Theatre Handmade at the Hen&Chickens.

EVER SEEN A PANDA TWERK?

2023

The Pleasance

Director.
Written by Jenny Williams.
24Hour Play for Slackline Productions.

THEN

2022

Golden Goose Theatre

Writer & Director.

PLANT LIFE

2022

The Pleasance

Director.
Written by Linda Butler.
24Hour Play for Slackline Productions.

MAKE BELIEVE

2019

Theatre Handmade

Director.
Written by Bess Wohl.
Workshop for Theatre Handmade.

SEED BANK

2023

RADA Festival

Writer & Director.
RADA Festival, WIP performances.
Paus TV, Online read-through.

DADDY ISSUES

2019

MCC

Directed by Alexander Dinelaris (Academy Award, BIRDMAN).
Read-through, MCC, Off Broadway.

Q&A

2019

Southwark Playhouse

Directed by Imy Wyatt-Corner.

NEXT TIME

2018

Pleasance Pop-up

Directed by Polly Creed.
Edinburgh Fringe Festival.

GIN FOR BREAKFAST

2017

Tristan Bates Theatre

Directed by Ryan Gage.
OFFIE Award nomination – Best New Play.

BOOM!

2016

Old Red Lion Theatre

Directed by Ryan Gage.