Jed’s film work includes the multi-award winning Sundance Favourite ‘Dawn of the Deaf’ and ‘Host’ which Dreadcentral calls 'The scariest movie of the past decade' and Forbes Magazine calls 'The genre phenomenon of 2020'. The movie currently holds 100% fresh on Rotten Tomatoes and is the highest-rated horror film of the year. He is currently writing 3 upcoming movies for Blumhouse, and has a film with Sam Raimi, plus a prison film with StudioCanal. ‘Absence’ starring Paul McGann was the first short Jed wrote which was selected for several film festivals such as London Film Festival, Fantasia and Fright Fest. His upcoming short ‘Salt’, originally commissioned for FOX, is preparing for its festival circuit.
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Biography from TMDB.
- Producer, writer and director
- 6 on Motif · 18 credits in all
What are Jed Shepherd's films like?
Across their 5 Motif titles with a thematic analysis, their films lean Survival and Ideas.
Themes
What they feel like to watch
Ironic 1 · Wry 0 · Earnest 3
A split, not a type: Light 2 · Serious 0 · Dark 2
A split, not a type: Grounded 3 · Stylized 0 · Heightened 1
Gentle 0 · Charged 1 · Intense 3
A split, not a type: Steady 2 · Shifting 0 · Whiplash 2
Straight-faced 1 · Some laughs 2 · Funny 1
A split, not a type: Slow burn 1 · Even-paced 1 · Relentless 2
A split, not a type: Casual 1 · Engaged 1 · Full focus 2
Easy watch 2 · Affecting 2 · Heavy 0
Resolved 3 · Open-ended 1 · Ambiguous 0
Moods and endings
- Tragic1
- Ambiguous4
AI-generated from each title's plot synopsis and cast list, with extra plot summaries, reviews and Parents Guide notes for titles the model may not know, and the model's own knowledge of the ones it recognizes. Only analyzed titles count, so this covers part of the filmography; the feel axes count films only for now.
Where can I watch Jed Shepherd's films?
As of October 24, 2026, all 6 Motif titles stream on a subscription or free service.
Subscription and free streaming for Jed Shepherd's titles on Motif; rent and buy are not counted. Titles are listed by Midcredits score, highest first, at most 12 per service; a dashed chip is a producer credit or a minor one, such as a thanks. A service opens the browse page, which counts movies only, so its number can differ.
Filmography
18 credits, 6 with a Motif page; 5 appearances as themselves are hidden until asked for.
Breeder (not in the Motif catalog yet)(2026)
Bite Size Terror(2026)
Midcredits score: 9th percentile of all shows
Grandma Is Thirsty (not in the Motif catalog yet)(2025)
The Blair Witch Documentary (not in the Motif catalog yet)(2024)
Outside Noise (not in the Motif catalog yet)(2024)
Flashback (not in the Motif catalog yet)(2023)
Midcredits score: 29th percentile of all films
Deadstream(2022)
Midcredits score: 60th percentile of all films
Dashcam(2021)
Midcredits score: 10th percentile of all films
Host(2020)
Midcredits score: 64th percentile of all films
Double Tap (not in the Motif catalog yet)(2020)
Multiplex (not in the Motif catalog yet)(2020)
Salt (not in the Motif catalog yet)(2018)
Dawn of the Deaf (not in the Motif catalog yet)(2016)
Absence (not in the Motif catalog yet)(2015)
Midcredits score: 1st percentile of all films
I Spy (not in the Motif catalog yet)
Untitled Prison-Break Horror Project (not in the Motif catalog yet)
Career shape
A full career of 17 titles, 15 of them dated from 2013 to 2026.
Film career
- 2022Screen debut· Deadstream
How do Jed Shepherd's films land?
Their typical Motif film has a Midcredits score in the 29th percentile, the median of all 5; across a limited sample of 4 films with reception data, the typical film sits in the 16th percentile for acclaim.
- 50th to 74th2
- 25th to 49th1
- Below 25th3
Shape of the crowd
3 of their 6 titles are Mixed.
- Cult Classic1
- Crowd Pleaser2
- Mixed3
Reviewers score the dialogue 29/100 and the plot and story 17/100 in their films, across 4 reviewed titles. The element that speaks to their work as a writer.
Percentiles are each film's standing among all films on Motif; the typical film is the median, so one outlier cannot drag it. Percentiles and reviewer scores count the films IMDb credits them on, for now; the Midcredits score bands, the shape of the crowd and the two cards count their Motif titles, shows included (a show ranked among shows), appearances as themselves left out. A descriptor is the shape of a title's IMDb rating distribution against the catalog; "most divisive" needs a spread wider than half of all titles, and a card names only a principal credit: a craft role, and on a show a crew role or a run of episodes, never a courtesy credit or a one-off guest spot.
Is Jed Shepherd's work okay for kids?
Across a limited sample of up to 3 Motif titles with content scores.
Severity 0–100 from the Content Guide. Categories with under 10 votes on a title are not counted.
Who does Jed Shepherd work with?
People who share at least 2 of Jed Shepherd's Motif titles, grouped by what they did on them; Emma Louise Webb shares the most, 3.
Directors
- Rob SavageShared titles: Dashcam (2021), Host (2020)See all 2 shared titles with Rob Savage
Writers
- Gemma HurleyShared titles: Dashcam (2021), Host (2020)See all 2 shared titles with Gemma Hurley
Actors
- Emma Louise WebbShared titles: Scare Package II: Rad Chad's Revenge (2022), Dashcam (2021), Host (2020)See all 3 shared titles with Emma Louise Webb
- Caroline WardShared titles: Dashcam (2021), Host (2020)See all 2 shared titles with Caroline Ward
- James SwantonShared titles: Dashcam (2021), Host (2020)See all 2 shared titles with James Swanton
- Jemma MooreShared titles: Dashcam (2021), Host (2020)See all 2 shared titles with Jemma Moore
Editors
- Brenna RangottShared titles: Dashcam (2021), Host (2020)See all 2 shared titles with Brenna Rangott
Producers
- Douglas CoxShared titles: Dashcam (2021), Host (2020)See all 2 shared titles with Douglas Cox
