Jessica Rhoades
American television producer
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Jessica Rhoades is an American television producer. She is an executive producer on the sci-fi drama anthology series Black Mirror and has produced for limited series such as Sharp Objects and Station Eleven. In 2018, she launched her production company, Pacesetter Productions, to focus on bringing the projects of new and established writers to life.[1]
Early and personal life
Rhoades has a Masters of Fine Arts from the Producer’s Program in the School of Theatre, Film, and Television at UCLA.[2] After graduating, Rhoades spent 15 years working for Bravo, E!, Nickelodeon and TLC, partnering with Ashley Tisdale at Blondie Girl Productions.[3] In 2018, she left Blumhouse Television to form her production company, Pacesetter Productions.[4]
Career
Rhoades was an executive producer on Gillian Flynn's Amazon Studios series Utopia in 2020, on season two of Dirty John,[5] and in 2018 on Sharp Objects, based on the novel by Flynn and adapted by Marti Noxon, starring Amy Adams and directed by Jean-Marc Vallée.[6]
She served as an executive producer on the HBO Max limited series Station Eleven from creator Patrick Somerville and director Hiro Murai.[7]
Rhoades is an executive producer of the Netflix series Black Mirror.[8]
Rhoades' additional credits include Showtime's The Affair[9] and NBC's The Village.[10]
Recognition
In 2019, Sharp Objects was nominated for three Golden Globe Awards[11] and eight Primetime Emmy Awards,[12] including nominations for Best Limited Series for both. Other award nominations for Sharp Objects include Breakthrough Series – Long Form at the Gotham Awards[13] and a nomination at the Producers Guild of America Awards.[14]
In 2022, Station Eleven was nominated for seven Emmys,[15] three Film Independent Spirit Awards, including Best New Scripted Series,[16] and a Critics' Choice Award for Best Limited Series.[17] Other award nominations for Station Eleven include Breakthrough Series – Long Form at the Gotham Awards,[18] as well as a Peabody Award,[19] a Television Critics Association Award[20] and a GLAAD Media Award.[21]
In 2024, for her work on Black Mirror season six, Rhoades won a Producers Guild of America Award alongside creator Charlie Brooker in the category of Outstanding Producer of Televised or Streamed Motion Pictures.[22] The series also was nominated at the 2024 BAFTA TV Awards for Best Limited Drama.[23]
In 2025, the seventh season of Black Mirror, received nine Primetime Emmy Award nominations, making it the most nominated season of the series to date.[24]
Filmography
| Year | Title | Credited As | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2001 | Doppelganger | Producer (as 'Jessica Horowitz') | Short film |
| Offside | Associate Producer (as 'Jessica Horowitz') | Short film | |
| 2003 | Party Foul | Producer (as 'Jessica Horowitz') | Short film |
| Our Very First Sex Tape | Producer (as 'Jessica Horowitz') | Short film | |
| 2005 | The Road to Stardom with Missy Elliott | Producer (as 'Jessica Horowitz') | TV Series |
| 2008 | Your Place or Mine? | Executive Producer (as 'Jessica Horowitz') | TV Series, 5 episodes |
| Autopsy | Producer (as 'Jessica Horowitz') | ||
| 2009 | Spectacular! | Executive Producer, Producer (as 'Jessica Horowitz') | |
| 2010 | Beauty & the Briefcase | Executive Producer (as 'Jessica Horowitz') | |
| Den Brother | Executive Producer (as 'Jessica Horowitz') | ||
| 2011 | Best Player | Executive Producer (as 'Jessica Horowitz') | |
| The Suite Life Movie | Producer | ||
| 2012 | Rags | Executive producer | |
| Miss Advised | Executive producer | TV series | |
| 2013 | Vanessa & Ashley: Inner Circle | Executive producer | TV series |
| 2014 | Cloud 9 | Executive producer | |
| Ascension | Co-executive producer | TV Mini Series, 2 episodes | |
| 2016 | Judgement Day: Prison or Parole? | Executive producer, associate producer | TV Series, 3 episodes |
| Legends of the Hidden Temple | Executive producer | ||
| 2017 | Election Day: Lens Across America | Executive producer | |
| Cold Case Files (1999-) | Executive producer | TV Series, 1 episode | |
| Cold Case Files (2017-) | Executive producer | TV Series, 9 episodes | |
| 2014-2018 | Young & Hungry | Executive producer | TV Series, 30 episodes |
| 2018 | Run for Your Life | Executive producer | |
| Sharp Objects | Executive producer | TV Series, 8 episodes | |
| Tremors | Executive producer | ||
| 2018-2019 | The Affair | Executive producer | TV Series, 18 episodes |
| 2019 | The Village | Executive producer | TV Series, 10 episodes |
| 2020 | Dirty John | Executive producer | TV Series, 8 episodes |
| Utopia | Executive producer | TV Series, 8 episodes | |
| 2021-2022 | Station Eleven | Executive producer | TV Series, 10 episodes |
| 2022 | The Aviary | Producer | |
| 2023-2025 | Black Mirror | Executive producer | TV Series, season 6, 7 |
| (Upcoming) | Ponies | Executive producer | TV Series |
| Girl Abroad | Producer | TV Series | |
| The Vapors | Executive producer | TV Series | |
| The Venery of Samantha Bird | Executive producer | TV Series |
