Jessica Kingdon

Chinese-American Film Director, Producer & Documentarian; Best Known for "Ascension"

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Jessica Kingdon Biography

Jessica Kingdon is a Chinese-American director/producer named one of “25 New Faces of Independent Film” by Filmmaker Magazine and selected for the 2020 DOC NYC “40 Under 40” list. Her first documentary feature, ASCENSION登楼叹 (2021), won a nomination at the 94th Academy Awards in the Best Documentary Feature category as well as Best Documentary at the Tribeca Festival and Hamptons International Film Festival. The film has received nominations from the the DGA Awards, Spirit Awards, the Gotham and the International Documentary Association along with five Cinema Eye nominations and six Critic’s Choice nominations.

Her award-winning short "COMMODITY CITY" (2017) is an observational documentary about the world’s largest wholesale mall in Yiwu, China and played at over 50 film festivals. She co-directed the short IT'S COMING! (2020), and ROUTINE ISLAND (2019). Her work has been supported by organizations including SFFILM, Chicken & Egg, Cinereach, Sundance, Field of Vision, and Firelight Media. Jessica has served in producorial roles on Tania Cypriano’s BORN TO BE (NYFF 2019), Nathan Truesdell’s THE WATER SLIDE (True/False 2018), and Johnny Ma’s OLD STONE (Berlinale 2016). Residencies include UnionDocs and a MacDowell Fellowship. She is a member of the Brooklyn Filmmakers Collective and Brown Girls Doc Mafia.

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Speaker profile last updated by AAE Talent Team on 07/20/2024.

Jessica Kingdon Videos

  • Jessica Kingdon talks about Oscar-nominated documentary
    Jessica Kingdon, the director, producer, editor and cinematographer of Oscar-nominated film, “Ascension” reacts to her film's nomination.
  • Jessica Kingdon - Documenting China's Economic Rise
    Jessica Kingdon discusses the parallels of the American dream and the Chinese dream that she witnessed while filming her Oscar-nominated.
  • 'Ascension' director Jessica Kingdon on public interest in China
    'Ascension' director Jessica Kingdon on public interest in China and 'feeling of paranoia' while filming. This observational film presents a ...

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