Jen Peedom is a BAFTA and EMMY nominated writer, director and producer.

Her film Sherpa is the third highest grossing Australian documentary in history. It was critically acclaimed on the international festival circuit, including Telluride, Toronto and London Film festivals, winning multiple awards including the Grierson Award for Best Documentary at the BFI London Film Festival, the Australian Film Critics Circle Award, the Australian Directors Guild Award and several audience awards. It was BAFTA nominated in 2015.

Mountain, her collaboration with the Australian Chamber Orchestra (ACO) began its release with a sell-out national concert tour with the ACO. It screened internationally at San Sebastian, London and Busan International Film Festivals. Following the Australian release, it overtook Sherpa to become the highest grossing Australian documentary in box office history. Mountain screened theatrically in 26 countries.

River is Jen’s second collaboration with the ACO. It premiered at Telluride Film Festival in 2021. River is being released theatrically in Australia, the UK, the US and multiple international territories.

She’s currently in development on a dramatic feature about Tenzing Norgay (Everest first ascent) with Academy Award nominated screenwriter Luke Davies (Lion, Beautiful Boy).

Jen’s other directing credits include Miracle On Everest, Living The End and Solo which won multiple awards internationally, including the AFI award for best documentary, Australian Directors Guild Award and Film Critics Circle Award.

Jen is also an EMMY nominated producer and executive producer, with credits including David Stratton’s Stories of Australian Cinema, Martha: A Picture Story, Australia in Colour, Big Deal and several IMAX features including Mountain Quest and The Secret World of Fungi.

Jen was formerly the Managing Director of IF Media publishers of IF Magazine and producers of the IF Awards. She was NSW Young Businesswoman of the Year in 2003 and was the inaugural recipient of the David & Joan Williams Documentary Fellowship in 2010.

She runs Stranger Than Fiction Films, a boutique production company based in Sydney, Australia.

She is represented by Bec Smith at United Talent Agency.