---
name: "Jessica Congdon"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/jessica-congdon"
fi1m_id: "jessica-congdon"
imdb_id: "nm1256818"
tmdb_id: 1018386
wikidata_id: "Q95745302"
roles: ["Editor"]
born: "25 April 1972"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 1
average_over: 1
updated: "2026-11-01T22:55:15.840382+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."
---

# Jessica Congdon

## Identity

Jessica Congdon

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/jessica-congdon
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** jessica-congdon
- **IMDb ID:** nm1256818
- **TMDB ID:** 1018386
- **Wikidata ID:** Q95745302
- **Same entity:** https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q95745302, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1256818/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1018386

Editor. Born 25 April 1972 in California, USA.

## Details

- **Work:** Editor
- **Born:** 25 April 1972, California, USA
- **Elsewhere:** https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q95745302, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1256818/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1018386

## Biography

Jessica Congdon (born 25 April 1972) is an American film editor and writer. She edited the documentary *When a Witness Recants* (2026), directed by Dawn Porter.

Congdon is known for her work as editor and writer on *Miss Representation* (2011) and *The Mask You Live In* (2015). Her earlier editing credits include *Big Girls Don't Cry* (2002). She has also edited documentaries such as *John Lewis: Good Trouble* (2020) and *Dolores* (2017), on which she additionally served as co-writer.

*Sources: imdb.com, wikidata.org.*

## On Fi1m (1)

- *When a Witness Recants* (2026), Fi1m 79, Editor — [page](https://film.one/film/when-a-witness-recants.md)

## Complete filmography (16)

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

- *When a Witness Recants* (2026), Editor — Fi1m 79, [page](https://film.one/film/when-a-witness-recants.md)
- *Miss Representation: Rise Up* (2026), Editor
- *Luther: Never Too Much* (2024), Additional Editor
- *Cirque du Soleil: Without a Net* (2022), Editor
- *Fair Play* (2022), Producer
- *Ahead of the Curve* (2021), Editor
- *The Great American Lie* (2020), Editor
- *The Way I See It* (2020), Editor
- *John Lewis: Good Trouble* (2020), Editor
- *Empire on Main Street* (2018), Director
- *Dolores* (2017), Editor, Co-Writer
- *The Mask You Live In* (2015), Writer, Producer, Editor
- *Miss Representation* (2011), Writer, Editor
- *Race to Nowhere* (2009), Co-Director
- *Her Minor Thing* (2005), Editor
- *Big Girls Don't Cry* (2002), Editor

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