Jada Bethea

Jada Bethea (she/her) is a screenwriter, director, and producer known for her 2024 directorial debut, Flour Girl, which premiered at the Oscar-qualifying Pan African Film Festival. Born and raised in New Jersey, she earned her BFA in Film & Television from NYU Tisch in 2023 where she was selected as one of eight NYU HEAR US grant recipients for her senior thesis. As an artist, Jada challenges hyper-sexual depictions of sapphic, Black relationships through narratives that prioritize emotional intimacy and center the female voice.

Jada is currently a Producer for the web series, Entrepreneurs, created by Abena Akyaa in partnership with UCLA's Zuri Adele Fellowship. The show follows two estranged post-grad cousins who inherit a Long Island cafe and struggle to meet the terms of their loan: open the cafe within 6 months or forfeit the funds. In months prior, Jada worked for the Academy Award winning media company, Shine Global, Inc, as their Executive Assistant.  

Jada has designed promotional materials that have landed in The Hollywood Reporter as well as the Paramount Studios lot where she helped run a live awards show with industry giants. She’s created social media strategic plans that have been presented to executives at Meta and supported Getty Images in their post-production identification process. 

Other experience include an Entertainment Research & Analysis Internship at GLAAD, a Scripted TV Development Internship at Aroberson Production, a Documentary Producer and Editor role for NYU Tisch Creative Research's 2023 Mini-fest,  a Peter Roth Internship at the The Paley Center for Media, and a Production Assistant role on Pure (2021), the award-winning short film by Natalie Jasmine Harris.