Jessica Sharzer made her feature writing and directing debut with SPEAK,
starring Kristen Stewart and Steve Zahn. It premiered at Sundance in 2004 and
was nominated for a Writers Guild Award and a Directors Guild Award. She has
since developed feature films for Universal, HBO, MTV, Fox, Sony and
Lionsgate. She wrote the 2016 feature film NERVE starring Dave Franco and
Emma Roberts. She also adapted the novel A SIMPLE FAVOR starring Anna
Kendrick and Blake Lively for director Paul Feig. She is currently adapting the
graphic novel BAD GIRLS for Netflix and the memoir THE RULES DO NOT
APPLY for Participant and director Jill Soloway. In television, Ms. Sharzer spent
four seasons as a writer-producer on AMERICAN HORROR STORY. She has
developed drama pilots for CBS, FOX, MTV and ABC networks.  She is currently
a co-executive producer on Apple’s AMAZING STORIES with drama pilots in
development at USA Network and Charter Communications.  She holds a
Masters Degree from NYU where her thesis film THE WORMHOLE won the NYU
Wasserman Award, the NY Magazine Award of Excellence and the Student
Academy Award. She is also an adjunct professor in the USC Stark Producing program.