Contact
To say hello please email jesspatterson.art@gmail.com
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Jess is an Irish director from Dublin, working in Belfast, Northern Ireland.
Currently an Episodic Director at JAM Media on a new animated series for Nickelodeon / Milkshake Tim Rex in Space, her work includes directing, animating and storyboarding on children’s television productions for Nickelodeon, Amazon, WGBH, BBC and RTÉ.
Alongside her time in TV production Jess has directed a number of short films, twice winning the Oscar-qualifying James Horgan Award at the Galway Film Fleadh for The Wiremen (2018) and Worry World (2023). Her short film The Voyage (2020) commissioned by RTE for their Comic Relief campaign with Christy Moore won the RTS Award in both Ireland and Northern Ireland, along with the Kinsale Shark Award for Best Irish Animated Short.
She has designed and directed animated segments with Mo Farah for BBC’s Comic Relief Red Nose Day Campaign and was commissioned to direct a series of music videos to coincide with the release of CBBC’s hit musical series Nova Jones.
In real life, Jess enjoys collecting hobbies, juggling multiple DIY projects at once and learning to box.