Jackie Perez is a “Jackie-of-all-trades” - a nuclear engineer turned screenwriter who writes genre films where women aren’t just surviving - they’re unleashing terror. Her various stories explore the monstrous feminine and mad science. On the flip side, she also crafts compelling biopics featuring underdog characters. After graduating MIT, Jackie joined the Navy, serving her country and collecting adventures across the globe - from the Middle East to the middle of the Pacific  - fueling her unique, global POV. With roots in San Antonio, TX but having lived all over the country, she values connecting with her Mexican-American culture and knows how to make the perfect tamale. 

 

These days she’s based in Washington D.C. where she keeps expanding her curiosity at home while caring for her blind senior pup, Maxie. When she’s not producing for creative agency Glass and Marker, you’ll find her running in the rain, falling down research rabbit holes, and learning her way around the accordion.

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She is a 2024 Women in Film DC Documentary Fellow with her project LAS TAMALERAS DE LOMA PARK, is co-producing a documentary all about Cosmic Horror, and represented by Jon Hersh at Night Drive Management.​