Jess Varley

Director, Screenwriter

About

Jess Var­ley was born and raised in Brook­lyn, and holds a BFA from NYU’s Tisch School of the Arts. She works both in front of and behind the cam­era on tele­vi­sion series before co-cre­at­ing the hor­ror anthol­o­gy Pho­bias (2021). The Astro­naut is her first solo fea­ture film as a screen­writer and director.

2025 The Astronaut 

2021 Pho­bias (seg­ment “Atelo­pho­bia” & “Out­post 37”)

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