---
name: "Jess O'Kane"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/jess-okane"
fi1m_id: "jess-okane"
imdb_id: "nm7789956"
tmdb_id: 3254238
roles: ["Writer"]
reviewed_on_fi1m: 1
average_as: "writer"
average_over: 1
updated: "2026-09-21T02:12:35.774008+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
---

# Jess O'Kane

## Identity

Jess O'Kane

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/jess-okane
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** jess-okane
- **IMDb ID:** nm7789956
- **TMDB ID:** 3254238
- **Same entity:** https://www.imdb.com/name/nm7789956/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/3254238

Writer.

## Details

- **Work:** Writer
- **Elsewhere:** https://www.imdb.com/name/nm7789956/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/3254238

## Biography

Jess O'Kane is a British screenwriter and occasional director. She wrote the screenplay for the dark comedy thriller *Bad Apples* (2026), directed by Jonatan Etzler and starring Saoirse Ronan, which is adapted from the Swedish novel *De Oönskade* by Rasmus Lindgren. The film premiered at the Toronto International Film Festival in 2025.

O'Kane studied screenwriting at the National Film and Television School. She wrote the short film *The Devil's Harmony* (2019), which won the Sundance Film Festival short film jury prize in 2020 and received a BIFA nomination. Her other credits include the short *Faithful* (2016) and an episode of the television series *Casualty* (2018). She has also directed the shorts *Girl at Party* (2022) and *Hey Sexy* (2026). She is based in Hastings on England's south coast.

*Sources: imdb.com, en.wikipedia.org, screendaily.com, jessokane.com.*

## On Fi1m (1)

- *Bad Apples* (2026), Fi1m 67, Writer — [page](https://film.one/film/bad-apples.md)

## Complete filmography (4)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *Bad Apples* (2026), Writer — Fi1m 67, [page](https://film.one/film/bad-apples.md)
- *Girl at Party* (2022), Director, Writer
- *Seagull* (2022), Production Assistant
- *The Devil's Harmony* (2019), Writer

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