Photo credit: Joe Dixey
Jameisha Prescod FRSA is an artist-filmmaker, producer and writer from South London. Specialising in documentary, experimental film, video journalism and immersive visual art, they are driven by authentic storytelling and apply creative digital techniques to uncover powerful human experiences.
Jameisha is also the founder and creative director of You Look Okay To Me, the online space for chronic illness. They explore the social and cultural aspects of living with a chronic condition through visual mediums. Since the project's inception, the community has grown to over 40,000 online across all social platforms.
Added to their work as a visual artist, they are also a writer and was included in a republishing of Virginia Woolf's On Being Ill.
Jameisha is currently an associate artist at Forma Arts & Media and a trustee for London Arts in Health Forum.
Previous collaborations
meta, gal-dem, Adidas, Huffington Post, Wellcome Collection, Unlimited, Scope Charity, Creative Conscience
Awards & commissions
Vital Capacities Residency (UK) - 2024
Crip Arte Spazio - Venice Biennale - 2024
Getting Real Fellowship (USA) - International Documentary Association - 2024
Mas Palou Art Residency (Spain) - 2024
B3 Talent Forum (Germany) - 2023
Unlimited Festival (UK) - 2022
Aesthetica Short Film Festival (UK) - 2022
Sheffield Doc Fest Alternate Realities Talent Artist (UK) - 2022
Unlimited Open Awards - 2021
Wellcome Photography Prize - 2021
Deutsche Bank Awards for Creative Entrepreneurs - 2021
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