Jen Sommer (she/her) is an AWARD WINNING fREELANCE FILMMAKER working on Commercials and Documentaries.
A multifaceted filmmaker, Jen works as a Director, DP, and Editor. Her stories span documentary, narrative, and branded spaces, attracting clients such as Google, Meta, HBO, Dropbox, Airbnb, Robinhood, Timberland, and Milkbone.
Jen worked on the Google award-winning series, Search On, capturing people using everyday Google technology to do extraordinary things for their community. One of the notable films in that series brought her to direct and film an uncharted scientific expedition to discover three new Blue Holes across the Great Barrier Reef. Most recently, she directed and wrote a new series on AI with experts talking about intersections between medicine, governance, sustainability and the global economy when it intersects with this new technology.
She gravitates towards unconventional, powerful human stories that have a future focused tech element woven in; highlighting how technology can aid positive change, from everyday solutions to life changing discoveries.. Her work has been recognized by PR Week, D&AD, and The One Club.
EMAIL:
jl@sommerfilms.com