Jess Search, renowned British documentary filmmaker and co-founder of Doc Society passes away

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Jess Search, a known name in documentary filmmaking, passed away on July 31, 2023, in London. She was 54. Jess Search was the co-founder of the Doc Society, which was formerly known as BRITDOC. She had been diagnosed with brain cancer and succumbed to the illness. An MBA from Cass Business School, Jess Search also co-founded Shooting People, a network of independent filmmakers. Jess Search’s death was announced by Doc Society in a statement on August 1. The statement said that she had “died peacefully”, surrounded by her partner Beadie Finzi and their children Ella and Ben.

The full statement on Twitter read, “Yesterday morning, our dear Jess Search died peacefully in London, England, from brain cancer. She was surrounded by the love of her life Beadie Finzi, their children Ella and Ben, and friends.” “As a fierce supporter of independent artists and co-founder of Doc Society, Jess spent the weeks following her diagnosis focused on her passions laid out in her recent announcement, No Time Like the Present, the statement continued. Jess Search’s “greatest wish” was to continue the Doc Society mission of “unleashing the transformational power of documentary film” to address the issues of “climate change and democracies in crisis”. The statement further informed that “Jess lived fully these last few weeks. In characteristic humour, she responded to her diagnosis by considering herself a “Lucky F***,” having lived a life of purpose on her own terms”. During her illness, it said, the filmmaker “continued to send late-night voice memos”, and bring together the world “around the shared mission…to change the world for the better”. And she did all this while “sporting a pair of hot pink”