Jessica Hargrave
Producer
Los angeles, California, United States
Jessica Hargrave is the producer of Come See Me in the Good Light, which follows poet Andrea Gibson and their partner Megan Falley as they navigate an incurable cancer diagnosis with remarkable perspective and joy. The film, which won the Festival Favorite Award at the Sundance Film Festival, is also produced by Tig Notaro, with Executive Producers Abby Wambach, Glennon Doyle, Sara Bareilles and Brandi Carlile. Hargrave is also the producer of Into the Fire, which chronicles the tortuous journey of a mother searching for her missing biological daughter. The film was produced by Charlize Theron and premiered on Netflix, where it reached #2 for all films on the streamer.
Previously she produced Netflix’s Emmy-nominated Pamela, a love story, an intimate portrait following the trajectory of Pamela Anderson’s life and career. Hargrave also produced Amazon’s Good Night Oppy, a film about the surprising bond that formed between a robot and a team of scientists and engineers at NASA. Good Night Oppy won five Critics Choice Awards including Best Documentary and was recently nominated for seven Emmys. Prior to Oppy, Hargrave produced Coded: The Hidden Love of J.C. Leyendecker (MTV), which was shortlisted for the Academy Award and won best documentary short at Tribeca. She is also the producer of Assassins, an Emmy-nominated film about the assassination of Kim Jong-nam, the half-brother of the North Korean leader, and executive producer of Visible: Out on Television, the first documentary series on Apple TV+ which explores the history of the LGBTQ movement through the lens of television.
Hargrave is the producer of Ask Dr. Ruth (Hulu), a documentary portrait chronicling the incredible life of Dr. Ruth Westheimer, and the executive producer of The Keepers, a seven-part Emmy-nominated Netflix documentary series that investigates the unsolved murder of a young nun in Baltimore and the horrific secrets and pain that linger nearly five decades after her death. Prior to The Keepers, Hargrave was the producer/writer of Good Ol’ Freda (Magnolia Pictures), which tells the story of the Beatles’ longtime secretary Freda Kelly, and the co-producer of The Case Against 8 (HBO), a behind-the-scenes look at the five-year battle to overturn Proposition 8. The Case Against 8 was nominated for two Emmys and shortlisted for the Academy Award for Best Documentary. Hargrave was the producer of marketing and distribution for Pelada (PBS, Cinetic), a journey around the world through the lens of pick-up soccer. She is a mentor with #Startwith8Hollywood and WIF.