Jessica Sison
San Francisco, CA
In film school, Jessica Sison decided to rebel against the stereotypes placed on Asian- American females by making a parody of Hong Kong action films as well as an homage to Jean-Luc Godard. That film, Newton’s Law, was chosen as the closing film of San Francisco State University’s Film Finals Festival and has gone on to screen at the Film Arts Festival, The Humboldt International Film Festival, and the Women Make Movies Festival.
After graduation, she spent 3 years of post-production work in film, television, and corporate projects before focusing her editing talent on documentaries. Her documentary work has screened in film festivals all over the world, and her broadcast work has shown on PBS, the Oxygen Channel, the WB, ImaginAsian, and The Filipino Channel.
Kuna Ni Nanang is her documentary directorial debut. Jessica is passionate about documentaries and continues to edit for other producers and directors. Her next documentary is about her family’s unusual participation in the Bataan Death March during WWII.
Jessica Sison's film: Kuna Ni Nanang (My Mother Said)
