[5] Passon began her career as a commercial director and producer.

It won a GLAAD Media Award for Outstanding Film – Limited Release.

Passon has directed episodes of the Primetime Emmy Award-winning comedy series Transparent.

She directed the film adaptation of the Shirley Jackson novel We Have Always Lived in the Castle (2018) and was the executive producer and director of the six-part Sky drama Little Birds (2019).

[7] In 2021, it was announced that she would executive produce and direct The Serpent Queen for Lionsgate.