Jessica Sharzer (born October 26, 1972)[1] is an American screenwriter, director, producer, and editor.
Realizing then that she was "not meant for academia," Sharzer left Berkeley and enrolled in NYU Film School.
In 2003, Sharzer met Paul Gutrecht at a luncheon for the Los Angeles Film Festival.
She also wrote the 2010 television movie, Turn the Beat Around, which was produced by Paramount Pictures and MTV.
In 2011, she became an episode writer and supervising producer for the serial horror-drama television series American Horror Story, created by Ryan Murphy and Brad Falchuk.