Jessica Hargrave

AFS Film: Good Night Oppy

Jessica Hargrave is the producer of Netflix’s Emmy-nominated Pamela, a love story, an intimate portrait following the trajectory of Pamela Anderson’s life and career. Jessica 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. 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. She graduated Phi Beta Kappa from Emory University.