Jessica Postigo

Jessica Postigo Paquette was born in Philadelphia, PA but raised in the Basque Country in northern Spain where she began her professional career as a political journalist for a national newspaper. She moved on to work for the country's top independent ad agency where she created award-winning campaigns for international clients, including Newsweek, Converse and Renault.

Her lifelong passion for filmmaking inspired her to move to Los Angeles where she began working in production. After line producing the documentary Better Living Through Circuitry, she went on to develop screenplays for various production companies, which ultimately led her to writing them for major studios. Amongst others are her adaptation of the National Book and Newberry Award winning YA novel by Nancy Farmer The House of the Scorpion for Warner Brothers and the true story of Columbian hostage rescue mission Operation Checkmate for Sony Pictures. She also adapted the new animated Tarzan 3D movie based on the classic novel by Edgar Rice Burroughs currently in production.

Constantin Film