Jamie-Michelle Whalen is a writer and filmmaker based in Los Angeles, California. Snippets from her resume include archeologist, entomologist, butcher, engineer, and erotica novelist.

With a background in philosophy, her work is inspired by ethics, metaphysics, and political philosophy. Growing up as a second-generation American in a multi-ethnic household, her work often reflects themes of trying on cultures like mismatched hand-me-downs.

She is focused on telling stories of subversive women, creating a symbolic dirty surrealism where they come to terms with the unexpected.