Rochée Jeffrey

Writer / Director / Performer

Rochée Jeffrey is a writer/director/performer who hails originally from Jamaica. As a television writer, her credits include Golden Globe-nominated comedy series SMILF (Showtime), and producer on the upcoming series WOKE starring Larmorne Morris (Hulu). Most recently, Rochée served as a supervising producer on BIGGER (BET+), and SANTA INC. (HBO Max). On the film side, her award-winning, Oscar-qualifying short film SUITABLE has screened at over twenty festivals, including the Austin Film Festival and the Palm Springs International Film Festival Shorts Fest. Suitable was a finalist in the American Black Film Festival HBO Competition and premiered on HBO in February 2019.

Rochée also wrote and directed MR. TALENTED, a short film which premiered as a part of the 2018 Project Involve Showcase at the Directors Guild of America. MR. TALENTED has screened at the Austin Film Festival and the Martha’s Vineyard African-American Film Festival, where it was nominated for the HBO Award. In 2017 she was a Film Independent - Project Involve Fellow, and recently participated in the 2019 Viacom Emerging Directors Fellowship, and the 2019 IFP/HBO Producers Fellowship. Rochée is also one of Moviemaker Magazine’s 2019 Screenwriters To Watch. She serves as a producer and writer on THROW IT BACK AND MAKE IT CLAP FOR TRUDY JONES (produced by Paul Feig/Feigco). The film was also featured on the 2019 Hit List.