SPENCER JAMISON is a filmmaker born and raised in Richmond, VA. She crafts ensemble-driven narratives across genres rooted in care, curiosity, and community. A storyteller committed to depth and durability, Spencer aims to create a body of work that feels like nourishing home-cooked meals, meant to be revisited.

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; the film 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. 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). She can next be seen starring opposite Jean Elie (Insecure) in a romance directed by Caroline Renard (Unbraided).

In 2024, Spencer was one of eight multihyphenates showcased during the Rising Stars: A Celebration of Black Filmmakers screening at CAA. As a writer, she was selected for the 2025 Film Independent Episodic Lab, the 2026 summer cohort of Mara Brock Akil’s Writers’ Colony, and the 2025–2026 WIF Fellowship. Spencer was hired to direct a sci-fi romance short Predictr, led by Quincy Isaiah (HBO’s Winning Time) and Ava McCoy (All American: Homecoming), produced by Chisom Ude (Joy Ride). Most recently she wrote, directed, and starred in the short musical thriller Numina, alongside Andy Allo (Prime Video’s Upload) and Chet Bashari Anekwe. Both films will premiere on the festival circuit in 2027. 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).