About Jackie
Jackie J. Stone is an award winning director/writer/producer who has a penchant for delivering nuisance performances and visually stunning work. She directs television, short films, digital content and commercials. Her latest projects include directing episodes of Finding Happy and Johnson and producing the Lions Gate Films Feature, The Devil You Know.
Jackie has been a fellow in the Fox Directing Iniative and Ryan Murphy’s Half Iniative.
Jackie's films have screened at numerous film festivals including the American Black Film Festival, Chicago International Film Festival, LA Film Festival Project Involve Showcase, Bermuda International Film Festival, Tallahassee International Film Festival, Harlem International Film Festival, Festival of Tolerance, Pan African Film Festival, and HBO Network among others.
Jackie's work has received numerous accolades including Best Short Film Awards at the following festivals: Bronzelens Film Festival (an Oscar Qualifier), Big Muddy Film Festival, the Gary International Black Film Festival, Las Vegas Black Film Festival, and the Women's Only Film Festival and was awarded the Best Director at the Langston Hughes African American Film Festival. In addition, she was awarded grants from the New York State Council of the Arts Grant, Jerome Foundation Filmmaker Grant, and the Panavision New Filmmaker's Grant (2013). Most recently she made history by having two short films, Burning Angel Dust and Intercept, nominated for the HBO Short Film Award at Martha's Vineyard African-American Film Festival (2017).
