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Hey, I'm Jaclyn!
I am an award winning director who uses humor to push boundaries and social consciousness. In my richly sound designed films about human connection, I like to explore flawed characters and the power of their subconscious, across multiple genres.
My Projects
Blackwell Summers Mysteries
New York • Action, Mystery
Ladies of Blackwell Summers Detective Agency puts suckas to shame and take them lames out the game!!
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Sleeping With Earrings On
New York • Drama, LGBTQ
Maggie’s marrying the woman of her dreams but will tension between her sisters ruin the day?
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My Films
Downtown
2013
• Short
by Jaclyn Gramigna
Sleeping With Earrings On
2015
• Short
by Jaclyn Gramigna
Projects I'm Supporting
Comedic Timing
Los Angeles • Comedy
An improv teacher helps her all-women class sort out their personal lives as hers careens out of control.
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2 WEEKS
New York • Drama, Horror
2 WEEKS accompanies Tanya as she explores what it means to be asexual in a committed relationship and an actor in a “sex sells” world.
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THORP
Danbury • Comedy, Sci-Fi
After leaving Earth in the late 80's, an alien returns to reconnect with his best friend, in a world now obsessed with technology.
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Bite Me
New York • Comedy, Romance
A subversive romantic comedy about a real-life vampire and the IRS agent who audits her
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"SURE-FIRE" - Development Funding Phase II
New York • Comedy, Crime
SURE-FIRE is a comedy about a NYC con man having a mid-life crisis who stumbles into becoming a movie producer to pay off gangsters.
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Welcome to Deathfest
Baltimore • Documentary, Music
Welcome to Deathfest takes a behind-the-scenes look at "America's biggest metal party of the year."
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Pay to Stay
New York • Horror, LGBTQ
A couple take a mini-vacation to repair their relationship, unaware the AirBNB they rented may lead to their untimely end.
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Butterflies
New York • Drama
Butterflies is a dark look at the psychological affects of bullying on Melanie as she navigates her way through high school.
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Soiled Doves
Los Angeles • Drama, Western
1887: A female saloon owner, a troubled prostitute and a newcomer with a secret must unite to save their frontier town from an ancient evil.
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You Look Great
New York • Comedy, Drama
After secretly struggling with his weight for years, Peter's body shame pushes him further than ever before in pursuit of complete control.
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About a Donkey
New York • Comedy, LGBTQ
A quirky ensemble comedy about growing up, about growing old, and about a donkey.
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Royally: An Original Series
New York • Comedy
A millennial burnout runs a private princess party company as a front for small-time cons, petty theft, and drug peddling.
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Pair of Normals
New York • Comedy, Music
An anxious, divorced psychic and a disheveled college dropout cross paths in NYC and struggle to put their disastrous lives back together.
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F*ck Yes Series
Los Angeles • Romance, Comedy
F*ck Yes! is what affirmative consent sounds like. Sex made hotter. SoSFW (sort of Safe For Work.)
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Eudaemonia
New York • Comedy, Drama
A serendipitous mistake leads to a fleeting encounter between a traveller and a reclusive New Yorker. A film about the power of connection.
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B.U.T.S
New York • Comedy
Bilingual, Underrepresented, Titless, Sallies. We are spoofing Latino stereotypes on TV!
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Santi
New York • Drama
Santi the film is the story of a young man who struggles to escape the violence of his home.
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A Queen For The People
New York • Documentary, LGBTQ
Bob the Drag Queen's career is on the rise. Where the hell she off to next?
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Fear of Heights
Allentown • Drama
Carina promised to take her little sister to the amusement park for the day but decides to stop at her boyfriend's house first.
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The Confession
Brooklyn • Comedy, Drama
Certain secrets hold the potential to alter Ellen and Jacob's new and blossoming romance in permanent ways.
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Space Available Web Series
• Comedy, Drama
A maverick student documentarian looks to his expose his crooked stepfather's seedy rehearsal studio.
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I Can't With You
Los Angeles • Comedy
When your best friend brings out the worst in you.
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Sleeping With Earrings On
New York • Drama, LGBTQ
Maggie’s marrying the woman of her dreams but will tension between her sisters ruin the day?
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Assassin
Los Angeles • LGBTQ, Thriller
The story of an assassin, a job gone wrong and the woman she never expected to fall in love with.
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Headshots
Los Angeles • Action, Satire
When hitmen kidnap an aspiring actor, he must depend on the kindness of strangers who want him dead.
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Seclusion
New York • Drama, Science
The final moment between a couple as one of them prepares for mission launch.
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Blackwell Summers Mysteries
New York • Action, Mystery
Ladies of Blackwell Summers Detective Agency puts suckas to shame and take them lames out the game!!
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Settling Up
New York • Comedy
A comedic web series about female finances, fertility, and friendship. It's time to Settle Up.
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The Videoblogs
Brooklyn • Drama
A feature film about a lonely young woman who reaches out through The Screen.
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Directed by Women
• Global Celebration
Inviting the world to fall madly in love with & wildly celebrate women filmmakers & their films.
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CongestedCat Shorts
New York • Drama, LGBTQ
Character-driven, stereotype breaking short films about loss from the creators of 'Kelsey.'
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Section II
• Film-related Business, LGBTQ
Netflix for Lesbians.
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Sheila Scorned
Los Angeles • Satire, Shorts Program
A grindhouse short starring a quick-witted stripper who's out to get even with the men in her way.
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Movies & Shows I Recommend
Iowa Mixtape
2010
• Short
by Jessica Wolfson
Gabi
2012
• Short
by Zoé Salicrup Junco
Downtown
2013
• Short
by Jaclyn Gramigna