bio

SPENCER JAMISON is a filmmaker born and raised in Richmond, VA. She is a graduate of James Madison University’s Honors Program with a BA in Musical Theater and the Yale School of Drama MFA Acting Program, where she took part in the development process of many new works as an actor, writer, and director. Spencer starred in and produced Slave Cry with her brother Jai Jamison, which won the 2019 Commonwealth Award for Best Short Film at the Virginia Film Festival and screened at the 2020 Bushwick Film Festival as well as the 2021 Pan African Film Festival among others. Her directorial debut, DAY 74, won the 2020 Curbside Shorts Film Challenge Grand Prize sponsored by Women in Film LA, IMDbPro, and ReFrame Project. She has worked as a freelance Writers’ Assistant for writer-directors developing projects at Outlier Society, Warner Bros., Party Over Here, and CBS. A member of both AEA and SAG-AFTRA, some of her acting credits include Swagger (Apple TV+); The Winter’s Tale (Skylight Theatre); If Pretty Hurts Ugly Must Be A Muhfucka, Passion, and The Winter’s Tale (Yale Drama); School Girls; or, The African Mean Girls Play (MCC Theater); Assassins (Yale Repertory Theatre); Dreamgirls and The Color Purple (Virginia Repertory Theatre). Spencer was showcased early 2024 alongside seven other multihyphenates at the Rising Stars: A Celebration of Black Filmmakers Screening at CAA. Spencer was selected for the 2025 Film Independent Episodic Lab, is a 2025-2026 WIF Writer Fellow, and recently completed production on a sci-fi romance short she directed, written by Johan Martinez-Khalilian, starring Quincy Isaiah (HBO’s Winning Time) and Ava McCoy (All American: Homecoming) and produced by Chisom Ude (Joy Ride) with Inflection Point Entertainment. She is currently developing her debut feature, an expansion of her audience award–winning romantic comedy short, At Capacity, with Loni Rodgers (Past Lives and The Tragedy of Macbeth.) Spencer crafts ensemble-driven narratives across genres rooted in care, curiosity, and community. A storyteller committed to depth and durability, she aims to create a body of work that feels like nourishing home-cooked meals, meant to be revisited.