Jessica Plumb
Juror
Jessica Plumb is an award-winning filmmaker and writer known for exploring the relationship between people, and the land and waters that sustain us. She is the Producer and Co-Director of the feature documentary Return of the River, chronicling Elwha River restoration, a film recognized with numerous awards including “Best Storytelling” by the International Wildlife Film Festival and “Best Writing” in science media. Collectively her films have appeared in over 50 film festivals and garnered over 20 awards. Her recent work includes a trilogy of short films addressing the shared extinction threat facing Southern Resident orcas and Chinook salmon in the Salish Sea. Her writing on environmental topics has been featured in the Best American Science & Media Writing, 2022 and Orion Magazine. She holds a B.A. from Yale University, an interdisciplinary MFA from Goddard College, and is a Fellow of the Salish Sea Institute at Western Washington University. For more, www.plumbproductions.com.