Jac Cron

Jac Cron is a filmmaker born in New York and based in Los Angeles whose debut feature, Chestnut, starring Natalia Dyer, Rachel Keller, Danny Ramirez, opens in theaters June 21 through Utopia. She graduated from Drexel University where she studied Film, Finance and Astrophysics. She creates films centered around human connection, particularly in the LGBTQ+ community. She aims to tell stories about diverse characters, not solely about, but parallel to their identity. Her short House Sit screened at film festivals nationally and internationally, including SF Independent, Philadelphia Film Festival, and won best director at BELIFF. Her other interests include playing instruments: guitar, piano, clarinet, and cello; taking 35mm film photography, and writing poetry. She is conversational in Hindi and French.