Jared Rivet

Jared Rivet is a screenwriter, actor, producer, director, and author. He wrote the screenplay for the Kevin Greutert-directed feature film Jackals (2017) starring Stephen Dorff. Since 2014, he has written, directed and acted in multiple episodes of Earbud Theater, an award-winning audio drama anthology series specializing in horror and science fiction. In 2016, he received an Audio Verse Award nomination for his performance in the Earbud Theater episode On the Line, which he also wrote and directed. He served as a guest lecturer at the Drexel University Great Works Symposium's "Zom Con" in 2015; contributed an essay to the 2018 collection My Favorite Horror Movie; and he has co-hosted the monthly trivia event "Dead Right Horror Trivia" with Dr. Rebekah McKendry since 2015. He worked as a staff writer for the 2019 event series revival of Nickelodeon's Are You Afraid of the Dark? and Syfy Channel's Day of the Dead (2021). He has written the premiere episode of the upcoming Are You Afraid of the Dark? podcast series for Nickelodeon. In 2022, his short film, Motion At Your Door, was an official selection at the Screamfest and Filmquest film festivals. He is represented by Brad Rosenfeld at Culture Creative Entertainment and can be found at jaredrivet.com and on Twitter at @jaredrivet1.