Jessica Sue Burstein is an award-winning writer-director and actor-producer working in film and TV for the past 10 years. She co-wrote/directed the award-winning short film, "Abbie Cancelled" (Official Selection of Sundance FF and Best Short Film, Big Apple FF) and co-wrote the feature version based on the short which is in development. She wrote one of the storylines for the upcoming ensemble feature film "Mutual Friends" starring Michael Stahl-David and Caitlin Fitzgerald (Official Selection Seattle Int. Film Festival).

Jessica wrote, directed, produced, and starred in her award-winning MFA thesis film, "Veronika's Birthday" (Best Direction/Performance Arizona Int. Film Festival & Best Student Film New Jersey Int. Film Festival). She is a former Co-President of CineWomen NY and has her MFA from the School of Visual Arts. While at MTV On-Air Promos, Jessica won Promax awards and special recognition in Digital Arts Magazine. After MTV, Jessica worked as a Sr. Writer/Producer/Director at Blue Room, a creative services agency in New York City.

She is a Sr. Writer/Director for Syfy at NBC Universal and is writing her third feature film based on her short film "Chicken". When she's not making media she enjoys yoga, dancing, writing poetry, and swimming in the ocean. She lives in Brooklyn with her beautiful green-eyed kitty Lilly Anne.