Jacqueline Xerri is a New York-based writer, director, and editor telling female-driven narratives that explore identity through a surreal, often darkly comedic lens, while interrogating the larger societal forces that shape girlhood. As a professional editor with a subversive visual style, she crafts films that blend gritty realism with whimsical surrealism, exploring the uncomfortable truths of growing up and the romantic inner worlds we create to survive them.
Jacqueline specializes in music videos, narrative fiction, and commercials for broadcast television.
Xerri collaborates with musical artists such as Ivri and has edited and directed music videos for her viral hits Tower of Memories, Limbo, and Noise. She has also collaborated with Laila! on her viral single Not My Problem. Other artists include Imogen Valentine and IVK.
Xerri's commercial clients span from high fashion to food, directing and editing spots for Dear John Denim, The North Face, PURE Eyewear, Bluemercury, Dunkin' Donuts, Etsy, Avocado Mattress, Vagisil, and more.
Jacqueline is a Black List Recommended writer whose latest feature screenplay, The Year the World Ended, placed in several Academy Award Qualifying Festivals, including The Austin Film Festival, Atlanta Film Festival, and Flickers' Rhode Island International Film Festival - winning First Prize for Best Screenplay. The project was Semifinalist for the Screencraft Screenwriting Fellowship 2024 and The CineStory Feature Retreat & Fellowship 2023. The script received two 8s on the Black List, placing it in the top 1% of screenplays. The film is projected to go into production in early 2027.
Xerri is a graduate of the highly selective College of Motion Picture Arts at Florida State University continued her education with Corey Mandell's Professional Screenwriting Workshops. In 2021, Jacqueline wrote, directed, and co-edited the short film Monkey Bars, executive produced by Ethan Lazar (The Witch) and featuring Millie Shapiro (Hereditary). It was nominated for Best Narrative Short at NFFTY 2022 and named Critics' Choice at the Cinema Femme Short Film Festival 2021.