Directing

Jill Sachs

Jill Sachs is a mixed Filipina-American writer-director, passionate about using genre to challenge oppressive narratives and amplify the voices of those whose fears and desires are often overlooked. Jill earned her MFA in Directing from AFI, and is a recent Finalist of the Disney-AFI Underrepresented Storytellers Initiative and 2023 CAPE Julia Gouw Short Film award. She won 2nd place at the 2024 Screencraft Short competition, with her travel/folk horror, Taga. Her films have won awards at festivals like BendFilm, Cinequest, Mallorca, Filmquest and more. Jill currently works in animation at Psyop, and enjoys backpacking, art and all things spooky.