Cass O’Meara is currently President and Chief Editor of Jackfruit, Inc., a creative editorial post-production company based in New York City. She has over 10 years of experience editing for TV, film, and commercials.

O’Meara is currently working with her primary client, Showtime Networks. Her projects with Showtime include editing and writing promos for The L Word, Weeds, HUFF, and the final two seasons of Queer as Folk.

O’Meara began her career in the entertainment industry as a Production Assistant on the New York sets of Quiz Show, directed by Robert Redford; Amateur, directed by Hal Hartley; and Dottie Gets Spanked, directed by Todd Haynes, to name a few. She started her postproduction career as an Assistant Editor on the TV Show Lauren Hutton and… She also worked with and assisted legendary documentary filmmaker Albert Maysels.

Prior to starting her own company, O’Meara worked for over four years on commercial editing at The Well NY and Arc Light Editorial, cutting ads for clients like Cingular, the US Navy, and McDonalds. While working as an editor where she put images together to tell a story, O’Meara also spent much time writing. She has written five screenplays, over a dozen short stories, and completed a television pilot which has attracted attention at Showtime Networks. She has also written and directed three short films: Snack Master, Checkmate, and Why?

Beyond her work in the entertainment industry, O’Meara is also involved as an advocate and supporter of social causes and the arts. She is a longstanding patron of the Global Fund for Women, PBS, and NPR. Cass is a volunteer of the New York Cares projects. She has also “adopted” a village elementary school in the Philippines, where she has taught as a volunteer and continues to contribute educational materials, books, and scholarship assistance.

O’Meara graduated with a BA in Philosophy from Elon University. She has taken filmmaking classes at the NYU Film Program and writing classes through the Gotham Writers Workshop.