Jessie Zinn is a filmmaker from Cape Town, South Africa. Her work focuses on narratives driven by women, and coming of age stories. As a filmmaker with experience in fiction as well as non-fiction content, her work often blends the line across different genres. She is committed to ethical and collaborative filmmaking that actively engages with the participants in front of the camera. Her films have screened at AFI Docs, MoMA Doc Fortnight, Visions du Réel and SFFILM.

She is currently directing her first feature documentary (The Home), which has received support from IFP Film Week, The Sheffield Meet Market, IDFA Academy, and the Visions du Réel Rough Cut Lab. She is an MFA candidate at Stanford University.