Invisible Pictures was built with inclusivity and authenticity at the forefront of our work. Emmy-nominated and Peabody-winning producer Audrey Rosenberg and actor-producer-activist Jess Jacobs, joined forces to launch the company in 2017 as a manifestation of their shared belief in the power of storytelling and its potential to share deep truths and heal fractures between communities on a global scale. Our vision was birthed from the recognition of a desperate need for culture shift toward systemic change.
About Us
Hollywood’s approach to storytelling has been largely damaging and has continually valued a white-washed, male-hierarchical view of people and the world. While the faces on the billboards and the movie posters have started to change to more accurately reflect the world around us, the shift in power to more representative voices behind those films and series has moved more slowly. Invisible Pictures is becoming a home for artists and people with lived experience to tell their own stories.
The system has made invisible people and audiences seeking to see themselves centered as heroes and as nuanced and dimensional human beings. We are committed to using our privilege and our resources inside and outside the industry to confront the white power structures at play in Hollywood and to support authentic voices on and off the screen. Invisible Pictures seeks to raise consciousness, challenge the status quo and uphold a commitment to making a positive global impact one project at a time.
Our Team
Jess Jacobs is a feminist artist, activist and philanthropist. A creative storyteller, Jess is galvanizing the movement for equality through the fight for gender justice, specifically focused on reproductive rights.
Jess is co-founder of women-led, New York based production company, Invisible Pictures, whose mission is to develop, finance, and produce film, television, and digital content with a focus on authentic representation, wherein women and underrepresented individuals are at the center of their own stories. At Invisible Pictures, Jess has most recently produced the company’s first short-form series, “Soul City” (2020) and two feature films: BULL (2019) - a film which premiered at the Cannes Film Festival in May 2019 - and LONG WEEKEND (2020).
She was named one of Real Leaders Magazine's 100 Visionary Leaders (2018) and was the recipient of the 2018 Future is Female Award at the International Conference on Family Planning (ICFP). In 2017, Jess was awarded “Best Ensemble Film” at the San Diego Film Festival and nominated for “Breakthrough Achievement Award” at the Twin Cities Film Festival for her performance in the feature film BUTTERFLY CAUGHT in which she co-starred as a young woman struggling with substance abuse and the darker side of Hollywood
Jess is known for her global philanthropic work, in particular with the Maverick Collective (PSI) where she resourced a behavior change program for girls in Côte d’Ivoire, West Africa to ensure greater access to contraception. She has also regularly collaborated with non-profit organizations such as Planned Parenthood, CHANGE, and National Women's Law Center on special projects that advance women’s reproductive rights - most notably, by partnering on the creation of a short film on the Global Gag Rule (Global HER Project, 2019), which Teen Vogue distributed in advance of International Day of the Girl in 2019.
Jess has spoken at conferences such as The UN General Assembly Week, Sundance Film Festival, Women Deliver, BBYO, Elite Conference, among others. Her work has been featured in publications ranging from Variety, Huffington Post, Teen Vogue, ImpactAlpha and Forbes.
In addition to her role at Invisible Pictures, Jess also serves as the Board Chair of Rooftop Films, a New York based non-profit supporting independent filmmakers and community building around film. A San Diego native, Jess currently resides in Brooklyn.
Audrey Rosenberg is a Peabody-Award-winning and Emmy-nominated producer known for her ability to cultivate talent, develop material, and champion projects from inception through to release. In 2017, Audrey co-founded Invisible Pictures, a female-led development, and production company. Invisible Pictures' mission is to produce film, television, documentary, and short-form content with a focus on authentic representation; wherein people with lived experience are at the center of their own stories. In just three short years, Audrey has guided Invisible Pictures to tremendous success. She served as a producer on Annie Silverstein’s BULL, which premiered in the Uncertain Regard section of Cannes 2019, won the Grand Jury Prize at Deauville, and was released by Sony International and Samuel Goldwyn. Audrey is an Executive Producer on the anthology series SOUL CITY which aired on Topic, where it was one of the top 5 most streamed on the platform, and has a television series in the works. She produced the feature LONG WEEKEND starring Finn Wittrock, Zoe Chao, and Damon Wayans, Jr. which is being released worldwide by Sony. She is busy moving an exciting slate forward, including producing a documentary for HBO with TIME Studios, producing a feature with Greta Gerwig as EP, and developing a TV series with acclaimed director Julie Dash.
Audrey has been recognized for her passionate commitment to creating systemic change in her business and beyond, and for her belief in storytelling to raise consciousness and promote healing on a global scale. Prior to her work with Invisible, she was Emmy-nominated as Executive Producer along with Steven Soderbergh on the HBO documentary, HIS WAY, and was an Executive Producer on the Emmy-winning HBO documentary BY THE PEOPLE: THE ELECTION OF BARACK OBAMA, produced with Edward Norton. Audrey was part of the producing team with Christine Vachon on Douglas McGrath’s INFAMOUS, starring Daniel Craig and Toby Jones. She produced Sean Gullette’s award-winning feature, TRAITORS, which premiered at the Venice Film Festival and the Tribeca Film Festival. Audrey Co-Executive Produced Dawn Porter’s TRAPPED, which won a special jury prize at Sundance for social impact filmmaking. She was consulting producer in charge of the U.S. strategy for Raoul Peck’s multi-award-winning film, I AM NOT YOUR NEGRO.
Audrey is a member of the Television Academy, New York Women In Film and Television and the Producers Guild of America. Her first love was theater and she co-founded two companies: The Art Party with Alan Cumming and Nick Phillipou in 2002 and The Fire Dept with Erica Gould and Jessica Blank in 2006. She sits on the board of the Zimbabwean based charity The Soft Foot Alliance. Audrey is a proud New Yorker and is a believer in the magic of healing arts.
Eileen Tavarez is a creative and operational coordinator and writer who works with film and media organizations to grow their efficiency, functionality, and reach. Eileen spent over half a decade working as Program Coordinator at Women Make Movies, helping filmmakers raise funds for their films through crowdsourcing and grants from donors such as the Sundance Institute, Ford Foundation, and Cinereach. She also aided filmmakers in gaining inside knowledge and skills on filmmaking and fundraising by co-curating and coordinating workshops, consultations, and networking events. She managed the accounts of many award-winning films such as Strong Island, Diary of a Teenage Girl, and Weiner, as well as the Academy Award-winning, Citizenfour. After concentrating mostly on documentaries and social issue films, she has joined Invisible Pictures eager to make the transition into producing and promoting content that tells nuanced stories from diverse backgrounds. Eileen holds a BA in Sociology and Cinema Studies with a concentration on race, class, and gender from Rutgers University.