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Jed Shepherd

Jed Shepherd

Writer

IMDb

Biography

Jed’s film work includes the multi-award winning Sundance Favourite ‘Dawn of the Deaf’ and ‘Host’ which Dreadcentral calls 'The scariest movie of the past decade' and Forbes Magazine calls 'The genre phenomenon of 2020'. The movie currently holds 100% fresh on Rotten Tomatoes and is the highest-rated horror film of the year. He is currently writing 3 upcoming movies for Blumhouse, and has a film with Sam Raimi, plus a prison film with StudioCanal. ‘Absence’ starring Paul McGann was the first short Jed wrote which was selected for several film festivals such as London Film Festival, Fantasia and Fright Fest. His upcoming short ‘Salt’, originally commissioned for FOX, is preparing for its festival circuit.

Wrote 10

2020s

  1. 2026

    Bite Size Terror

    Writer

  2. 2024

    The Blair Witch Documentary

    Writer

  3. 2023
  4. 2022
  5. 2020
  6. Multiplex

    Writer

2010s

  1. 2018

    Salt

    Writer

  2. 2016

    Dawn of the Deaf

    Story

  3. 2015

    Absence

    Writer

Produced 9

2020s

  1. 2026

    Mugre

    Executive Producer

  2. Breeder

    Executive Producer

  3. 2025

    Grandma Is Thirsty

    Executive Producer

  4. 2024

    Outside Noise

    Executive Producer

  5. 2022
  6. 2020
  7. Double Tap

    Producer

2010s

  1. 2013

    Birdemic 2: The Resurrection

    Co-Producer

No release date

  1. I Spy

    Producer

Directed 4

2020s

  1. 2024

    The Blair Witch Documentary

    Director

  2. 2023
  3. 2022
  4. 2020

    Multiplex

    Director

Acted in 2

2020s

  1. 2022
  2. 2020

    Multiplex

    Jed

Appearances5

2020s

  1. 2025

    TerrorBytes: The Evolution of Horror Gaming

    Self · 5 episodes

  2. 2022

    In Search of Darkness: Part III

    Self

  3. The Legacy of The Texas Chain Saw Massacre

    Self

  4. Do You Believe In Ghosts?: 30 Years of Ghostwatch

    Self

No release date

  1. Mental Health and Horror: A Documentary

    Self