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.
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. After graduating, Rhoades spent 15 years working for Bravo, E!, Nickelodeon and TLC, partnering with Ashley Tisdale at Blondie Girl Productions. In 2018, she left Blumhouse Television to form her production company, Pacesetter Productions.
Career Rhoades was an executive producer on Gillian Flynn's Amazon Studios series Utopia in 2020, on season two of Dirty John, 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.
She served as an executive producer on the HBO Max limited series Station Eleven from creator Patrick Somerville and director Hiro Murai.
Rhoades is an executive producer of the Netflix series Black Mirror.
Rhoades' additional credits include Showtime's The Affair and NBC's The Village.
Recognition In 2019, Sharp Objects was nominated for three Golden Globe Awards and eight Primetime Emmy Awards, including nominations for Best Limited Series for both. Other award nominations for Sharp Objects include Breakthrough Series – Long Form at the Gotham Awards and a nomination at the Producers Guild of America Awards.
In 2022, Station Eleven was nominated for seven Emmys, three Film Independent Spirit Awards, including Best New Scripted Series, and a Critics' Choice Award for Best Limited Series. Other award nominations for Station Eleven include Breakthrough Series – Long Form at the Gotham Awards, as well as a Peabody Award, a Television Critics Association Award and a GLAAD Media Award.
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. The series also was nominated at the 2024 BAFTA TV Awards for Best Limited Drama.
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.
Filmography +YearTitleCredited AsNotes2001DoppelgangerProducer (as 'Jessica Horowitz')Short filmOffsideAssociate Producer (as 'Jessica Horowitz')Short film2003Party FoulProducer (as 'Jessica Horowitz')Short filmOur Very First Sex TapeProducer (as 'Jessica Horowitz')Short film2005The Road to Stardom with Missy ElliottProducer (as 'Jessica Horowitz')TV Series2008Your Place or Mine?Executive Producer (as 'Jessica Horowitz')TV Series, 5 episodesAutopsyProducer (as 'Jessica Horowitz')2009Spectacular!Executive Producer, Producer (as 'Jessica Horowitz')2010Beauty & the BriefcaseExecutive Producer (as 'Jessica Horowitz')Den BrotherExecutive Producer (as 'Jessica Horowitz')2011Best PlayerExecutive Producer (as 'Jessica Horowitz')The Suite Life MovieProducer2012RagsExecutive producerMiss AdvisedExecutive producerTV series2013Vanessa & Ashley: Inner CircleExecutive producerTV series2014Cloud 9Executive producerAscensionCo-executive producerTV Mini Series, 2 episodes2016Judgement Day: Prison or Parole?Executive producer, associate producerTV Series, 3 episodesLegends of the Hidden TempleExecutive producer2017Election Day: Lens Across AmericaExecutive producerCold Case Files (1999-)Executive producerTV Series, 1 episodeCold Case Files (2017-)Executive producerTV Series, 9 episodes2014-2018Young & HungryExecutive producerTV Series, 30 episodes2018Run for Your LifeExecutive producerSharp ObjectsExecutive producerTV Series, 8 episodesTremorsExecutive producer2018-2019The AffairExecutive producerTV Series, 18 episodes2019The VillageExecutive producerTV Series, 10 episodes2020Dirty JohnExecutive producerTV Series, 8 episodesUtopiaExecutive producerTV Series, 8 episodes2021-2022Station ElevenExecutive producerTV Series, 10 episodes2022The AviaryProducer2023-2025Black MirrorExecutive producerTV Series, season 6, 7(Upcoming)PoniesExecutive producerTV SeriesGirl AbroadProducerTV SeriesThe VaporsExecutive producerTV SeriesThe Venery of Samantha BirdExecutive producerTV Series
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