ill Campbell is an independent documentary Director, Producer, and Editor. She began her career in the theater in production at the Public Theater and writing and producing plays at LaMama, the Dublin Fringe Festival, across the London fringe scene, and as a fellow at Mabou Mines before transitioning into documentary production with Anne Bass’ 2010 documentary Dancing Across Borders (Seattle Film Festival, Netflix, Apple TV.). Following the success of that first feature, Jill has worked as a producer on over 15 feature and short-form documentaries that have screened at major festivals worldwide including Tribeca, DOC NYC, Atlanta, Art Fifa, Hamptons Doc Fest, Montclair, Miami, Newport Beach, Full Frame, Seattle, Woodstock, and Warsaw.  Most recently Jill was a Producer on the documentary, Never Too Late: The Doc Severinson Story (Kevin Bright, Jeff Consiglio, American Masters, 2020).

Jill has written and directed three feature-length documentaries including Mr. Chibbs (Cargo Films), a 2017 Village Voice Critic’s Pick, Mr. Chibbs traces the rise and fall of NBA legend Kenny Anderson and Seat 20D (First Run Features, 2020) a meditation on the healing power of self-expression that follows artist Suse Lowenstein’s journey to overcome her grief following the murder of her son through the creation of Dark Elegy, a large-scale sculpture garden in Montauk, NY. Both films are streaming on Amazon, Kanopy, and Apple TV. 

Jill obtained her MFA in documentary studies from Hunter College’s IMA program where she concentrated on documentary filmmaking. In 2015, she was awarded a fellowship to Killer Films/Stonybrook Southampton’s 20/20/20 program and has been a Mabou Mines  Resident Artist. She has served as Chair of the Producer Guild’s Documentary Salon and has been an Adjunct Professor at Purchase College and Adelphi University. Beyond the Gaze: Jule Campbell’s Swimsuit Issue is Jill’s third and most personal feature documentary. The film premiered in October 2024 at the Woodstock Film Festival where Jill was nominated for Excellence in Directing a Documentary Film.