Movement Director
Director
Choreographer
Jess is a UK based Movement Director, Director and Choreographer originally from South Wales.
Most recently Jess has been working at The National Theatre on ‘Nye' - a Welsh Fantasia about one mans dream of the NHS. Also at Aviva Studios home of Factory International on 'Lost and Found' a heart warming adaption of Oliver Jeffers' award-winning children's story.
Coming up next Jess will be working as Movement Director on 'Rope' at Theatr Clwyd
Jess works closely with Frantic Assembly as an Associate Director and Creative Practitioner. Credits for Frantic include ‘I Think We Are Alone’ and 'The Unreturning' as Associate Director and The National Theatre’s ‘The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-time’ as Associate Movement Director.
Jess is also an Associate artist of ThickSkin
As an experienced workshop leader and teacher she has led workshops and masterclasses all over the world in devising and physicality.
Current projects include:
The eight-strong ensemble emulating everything from framed portraits to steam engines, under the excellent movement direction of Jess Williams. - The Guardian
This is one of those productions whose pace wit and imagination you just want to bottle - British Theatre Guide
Movement Director Jess Williams has done a superb job choreographing multiple scenes depicting journeying. Within minutes of the play starting the audience as given a thunderous round of applause precisely because of this. It was a cracking opening - Northern Arts Review