About Jahmil
Writer & Director
Jahmil Eady is an award-winning writer, director, and producer who blends genres like fantasy, horror and sci-fi with social impact storytelling. She is currently a director in Indeed and Hillman Grad’s Rising Voices Season 5.
Jahmil grew up in Charleston, SC and NYC. She earned her BA in Media Studies from Pomona College and studied at the Prague Film School in the Czech Republic. Jahmil holds an MFA in Directing from UCLA where she was the Inaugural Graduate Class Artist, representing over 14,000 Bruins for the class of 2023. She is also the Princess Grace Foundation's Inaugural Sir Roger Moore Honoree in Filmmaking.
Jahmil began her career in unscripted film and television and was an Associate Producer on documentary projects for Oprah Winfrey Network, Viceland, and Discovery Networks. Collectively, her short films have screened at over 50 film festivals worldwide, including several BAFTA and Academy Award-Qualifying film festivals.
Jahmil was a director in the 2024 Tribeca Chanel Through Her Lens Workshop and a director in the American Film Institute’s Directing Workshop for Women Plus (AFI DWW+) class of 2025. Her work has also been supported by Film Independent, Plate Spinner Productions, Peace Is Loud, rePROFilm, NewFilmmakers Los Angeles’ NewNarratives Program and the Rhulen Family Foundation among others. Her other distinctions include the New York Times Award, The Jackie Robinson Foundation Award, and the Four Sisters Award bestowed by Gina Prince-Bythewood, Sara Finney-Johnson, Mara Brock Akil, and Felicia D. Henderson.
