Join the Department of Performing and Media Arts for Professional Directions: A Conversation with Writer and Producer Duran Jones on Saturday, November 16, at 12:30 PM, on Zoom. The event will be hosted by PMA Visiting Assistant Professor, Juanie Fowlkes.
Writer and Producer Duran Jones will join virtually to discuss his work as a producer. Come get the inside scoop on writing and producing and which paths might suit you! We'll cover everything from scripted to unscripted, game shows, docu-series, feature films, award shows, and more.
Seats are limited and on a first-come, first-served basis. The event is free and open to the public.
The Professional Directions series brings industry experts to campus to speak about their career journeys as screenwriters, playwrights, editors, producers, directors, theatre critics, dramaturgs, and more.
Duran Jones is a graduate of The American Film Institute Conservatory, class of 2021. During his AFI tenure, he also graduated from the 2020 PGA Power of Diversity workshop, where his pilot “Daywalker,” was a standout. In 2021 he was selected as a Sundance Feature Film Producers Lab Fellow with the script "The Incredible Heist of Hallelujah Jones, which is currently in development with Netflix and 40 Acres and a Mule Filmworks (Spike Lee). “Hallelujah” the short film proof of concept for that feature, produced by Jones, won the Grand Prix for Best Short and the Best Producer Award at the Holly Shorts Film Festival; qualifying for the Oscars. Jones is currently building his independent film slate under his company BLK MGC Content and is a current resident of the Mara Brock Akil "Writer's Colony." Learn more about his work.
