Jennifer Peedom (Australia)
Director/Producer/Co-Founder
Stranger Than Fiction

Jennifer Peedom is a BAFTA and Emmy nominated writer, director and producer known for her compelling and immersive storytelling.

Jennifer’s credits include Living The End, Solo, Sherpa, Mountain, River and Deeper. Her films have played at multiple A-list international festivals, including Telluride, Toronto, IDFA, San Sebastian and London, winning awards including the Grierson Award for Best Documentary at the BFI London Film Festival, multiple audience awards, an AFI Award, multiple AACTA Awards, the Australian Film Critics Circle Award, and multiple Directors Guild Awards.

Her collaborative works with the Australian Chamber Orchestra have come to life as live performance works to sold-out concert halls in Australia and the UK, including the Barbican and the Sydney Opera House. Her work has garnered commercial success, with Mountain and Sherpa ranking among the highest-grossing Australian documentaries of all time.

As an Executive Producer, Jennifer has mentored teams to achieve ambitious projects including festival breakout Martha: A Picture Story, Emmy award winning Harley & Katya and the Netflix Original One Four: Against All Odds.

Jennifer is currently in pre-production on Tenzing, a biopic about the famed Everest mountaineer Tenzing Norgay for Apple+.