Jess Varley

Jess Varley

ActingBorn Jan 1, 1990

Brooklyn, New York City, New York, USA

Filmmaker Jess Varley was born and raised in Brooklyn, NY. Her upcoming film The Astronaut, produced by Brad Fuller, stars Laurence Fishburne and Kate Mara. The New York Times highlighted Varley's previous writing and directing work on the horror anthology Phobias as standout, including her ability to transform Macy Gray into "the horror movie queen you didn't know you wanted." Moviefone also included Jess on their list of top 20 female genre directors.

Known For

Storefront poster
Storefront
movie2013
Kat poster
Kat
movie2017
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit poster
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
tv1999
Law & Order poster
Law & Order
tv1990
Colony poster
Colony
tv2016
Witch Hunt poster
Witch Hunt
movie2021
Night Shift poster
Night Shift
movie2023
The Astronaut poster
The Astronaut
movie2025
The Astronaut poster
The Astronaut
movie2025
The List poster
The List
movie2023
Joshy poster
Joshy
movie2016
Offseason poster
Offseason
movie2022

Filmography

2025The Astronautas Writermovie2023The Listas Commercial Directormovie2023Night Shiftas News Anchormovie2022Offseasonas Young Womanmovie2022Take Back the Nightas The Fanmovie2021Witch Huntas Production Coordinatormovie2021Phobiasas Directormovie2017Katas Andreamovie2016Joshyas Kyliemovie2016Colonyas Jessie Wilsontv2013Storefrontas Customermovie1999Law & Order: Special Victims Unitas Fidelia Vidaltv1990Law & Orderas Blair MortontvSoonLegacyas Co-Executive Producermovie