"Jen is one that I am especially proud to champion as a director and visual artist. She approaches storytelling with great artistry, drawing from the principles of both painting and literature. Her characters and settings are deeply moving and compelling and her story world is intoxicating and vivid.”
— Deborah Riley Draper (on ELECTRIC BLEAU); Writer, Director & Producer
Jen West (she/her) is an award-winning writer, director, and emerging feature film producer. She’s best known for her narrative shorts (Crush, Bubble, Little Cabbage) and vibrant music videos, including the million-plus-view hit “Call Me” by St. Paul & The Broken Bones. A Birmingham, Alabama native, Jen’s work is rooted in the South and centers inclusive, genre-bending stories that challenge conventional narratives—especially within fantasy and magical realism.
Her work across writing, directing, and producing has been recognized by numerous prestigious film festivals and industry programs. Jen serves on the board of Cucalorus Film Festival, where she was also an artist-in-residence.
Now based in Los Angeles, she continues to develop original features that explore identity, place, and reinvention—while producing work that expands her voice across genres and regions.
“Jen West is amazing and magical. She has big ideas that need big support and no one, particularly in the South, is telling the magnificent fantastical stories like she is. Little girls and the little girls in all of us need to play and she builds those playgrounds. I believe Jen will make the next Beasts of the Southern Wild and anyone would be LUCKY to work with her on the front end of her career.”
— Virginia Newcomb, Actress