Jocelyn Jacobs is a writer and artist from Arizona.

Her career began as a visual artist - check out the archive for some super gay early 2000’s video art. At that time her work was primarily concerned with ideas of excess and sexuality as she sought to articulate a vernacular of lesbian camp. Jocelyn’s artwork was exhibited in Chicago, Los Angeles, San Diego, Tijuana, and Pittsburgh.

Pulled towards more humanistic themes, she began working as a script supervisor to learn the craft of narrative filmmaking. She worked with notable directors and cinematographers on independent feature films and shorts, as well as copious forgettable commercials.

In 2015, Jocelyn wrote and directed a narrative short film, MONA, about a fledgling lesbian in love with her roommate. Screenings include Maryland Film Festival, Newfest and Inside Out.

In 2025, her feature screenplay, You Can’t Take It With You, won the Palm Springs International Screenplay Award, was a finalist in the Santa Barbara Screenplay Awards and a Quarterfinalist for the Cinestory Feature Retreat.

She has a BA from Oberlin College and an MFA from UCSD in Visual Arts.

Jocelyn is also a landscape designer and has run Astral Gardens for the last 15 years.