Jessica Hopper

Jessica Hopper

Co-writer; showrunner

is the author of four books including The First Collection of Criticism by A Living Female Rock Critic. She is the director of the award-winning docuseries Women Who Rock (Amazon/MGM+, 2022), creative producer of Courtney Love’s Women (BBC, 2023), and executive producer of the forthcoming Lilith Fair documentary feature.

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In the four-part EPIX original docuseries “Women Who Rock,” women music legends describe how they survived and thrived in the male-dominated music industry.

‘Women Who Rock’: Musicians didn’t let record labels dictate their careers

In the four-part EPIX original docuseries “Women Who Rock,” women music legends describe how they survived and thrived in the male-dominated music industry.

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