Jessica Sharzer

Jessica Sharzer (born October 26, 1972) is an American screenwriter, director, producer, and editor. She is known for her work on the Showtime drama series The L Word and the FX horror series American Horror Story. She wrote the screenplays for the films Nerve (2016), Dirty Dancing (2017), and A Simple Favor (2018). Life and career She was born in Iowa City, Iowa to a Jewish family. She grew up in New York City, graduated from the Horace Mann School, Wesleyan University, and studied film at New York University. Sharzer was all set for a career in academia, until she took a summer film course at New York Film Academy. Realizing then that she was "not meant for academia," Sharzer left Berkeley and enrolled in NYU Film School. In 2002, she won the school’s Wasserman Award for her graduate thesis film, The Wormhole.