JONATHAN HESS IS NOT MESSING AROUND
well… maybe a little
Jonathan Hess is a Los Angeles based comedy writer and performer. His most recent half-hour comedy pilot, Bastards, is the winner of JHRTS’s Screenwriting Competition (Half-Hour Pilot Category). It has also placed in the Austin Film Festival, the Los Angeles International Screenplay Awards, the Screencraft TV Pilot Script Competition, and a few others but who has the time to type it all out. Jonathan graduated from New York University’s Tisch School of the Arts with a BFA in Film and TV Production, was one of eight NYU students selected in 2013 to train in multi-camera television directing at the BBC Academy in London, and has worked in post production on shows such as Reboot, Grace and Frankie, A Little Late with Lilly Singh, Earth to Ned, and Jimmy Kimmel Live! Pretty eclectic entertainment background, no?
Jonathan’s writing centers authentic Jewish stories and values, and never loses sight of the silly. His stories deal with unrequited love, the absurdities of family, the lengths we go to in order to leave a legacy for our loved ones, and finding confidence in one's identity. He loves to write brutally witty, lovable but despicable protagonists with hearts of gold. Jonathan also performs stand up comedy, and trained in improv and sketch comedy at the UCB Theatre in New York between 2012 and 2016.
Jonathan is an avid mixologist, and makes the best gin martini you’ll ever drink. Please don’t ask him for a “vodka martini”. That’s called a “kangaroo” and he will correct you. Check him out on Twitter and Instagram at @jonhess1005. Writing samples and resume available upon request.
