Vanessa McDonnell is a producer based in New York City. She is known for A Different Man (2024) (A24), Chained for Life (2018) (Kino Lorber) and The Eyeslicer (2017). Vanessa directed and edited the feature documentary John's of 12th Street (2014) and she made the archival discovery and oversaw restoration of the lost 1966 film Who's Crazy? (1965), which was unveiled at Bologna's Il Cinema Ritrovato and features an original score by Ornette Coleman.