JENN SHAW is an DGA award-winning commercial, documentary, and narrative director specializing in genre stories that champion the underdog and unveil a unique cultural experience. Her bold, cinematic filmmaking has both distinctive humor and dramatic instinct with a love for coming-of-age and sports. She has directed over 50 commercials, documentary films and over eight narrative shorts premiering at Hollyshorts, Pan African, Cannes Short Film Corner and Tribeca Film festivals. Her past Executive producers include Spike Lee and Queen Latifah.Her ESPN film $15 Kicks was executive produced by Spike Lee and earned a Black Reel Award. Within the last two years, she’s directed three narrative shorts, I Won The Lottery… and Charlie and the Hunt starring Lauren Ridloff (Eternals, Walking Dead) and a Tribeca Studios P&G filmed titled Gaps Executive Produced by Queen Latifah and starring Lorraine Toussaint. She’s directed projects supported by NBC Universal, NFL Network, and numerous high-level commercial brands. Recently, she was the executive producer and director of the docu-series Running While Black for Vice, and Adidas. Her feature film The Pill (working title) is in advanced development with tinygiant and in TIFF’s Break Through the Lens 2022-23. The film is set for production in 2024 with casting director Kim Coleman (Love Craft, SpaceJam: The New Legacy) slated as Executive Producer.. Her agent is Sola Fashum.