Jett Garrison
- Director
- Writer
- Producer
Jett Garrison is an award-winning writer/director whose work has shown in over 100 film festivals worldwide. As a Transgender storyteller, Jett explores themes of queerness, chosen family and marginalized communities.
Jett is known for directing the digital series THESE THEMS, winning the Best Director Award from Chicago's PRIDE FILMS Festival. He's also won an EMMY for his short film CHECKOUT and was nominated for an OSCAR for his short film JO FM.
As a writer, Jett was staffed on The CW Network's reboot of THE 4400. He sold a pilot to UCP and his feature script QUICK QUICK SLOW was selected to the 2022 GLAAD List (a partnership with The Black List) and was a finalist in Outfest's Screenwriting lab. Jett is also a consulting producer on Amazon Prime's THE BOYS spin-off series.
Before becoming a storyteller, Jett was kicked out of the United States Air Force for being Queer. He returned to his hometown of Austin, Texas where he found success as a commercial radio DJ and began his filmmaking career after directing a feature documentary (about a radio subculture) that premiered at SXSW. After catching the filmmaking bug, Jett moved to Los Angeles and was selected for Film Independent's Project:Involve directing program where his work was sponsored by NBC/Universal and featured in Vanity Fair. Jett was also a directing fellow in SONY's inaugural Diverse Directors Program as well as Ryan Murphy's HALF Initiative Directing Program.
Staying true to his radio origins, Jett also voices the role of handyman 'Ned' in Jamie Lee Curtis' Audible series LETTERS FROM CAMP.
As a mentor and activist, Jett mentors un-housed and queer youth through Outfest's OutSet young filmmaker program as well as up and coming storytellers from his alma mater through the UTLA film program.
Jett holds an M.A. in Media Studies with a focus in gender/sexuality and an M.F.A. in Film Directing from the University of Texas at Austin. He's also a proud member of the Writer's Guild Of America.
Jett is known for directing the digital series THESE THEMS, winning the Best Director Award from Chicago's PRIDE FILMS Festival. He's also won an EMMY for his short film CHECKOUT and was nominated for an OSCAR for his short film JO FM.
As a writer, Jett was staffed on The CW Network's reboot of THE 4400. He sold a pilot to UCP and his feature script QUICK QUICK SLOW was selected to the 2022 GLAAD List (a partnership with The Black List) and was a finalist in Outfest's Screenwriting lab. Jett is also a consulting producer on Amazon Prime's THE BOYS spin-off series.
Before becoming a storyteller, Jett was kicked out of the United States Air Force for being Queer. He returned to his hometown of Austin, Texas where he found success as a commercial radio DJ and began his filmmaking career after directing a feature documentary (about a radio subculture) that premiered at SXSW. After catching the filmmaking bug, Jett moved to Los Angeles and was selected for Film Independent's Project:Involve directing program where his work was sponsored by NBC/Universal and featured in Vanity Fair. Jett was also a directing fellow in SONY's inaugural Diverse Directors Program as well as Ryan Murphy's HALF Initiative Directing Program.
Staying true to his radio origins, Jett also voices the role of handyman 'Ned' in Jamie Lee Curtis' Audible series LETTERS FROM CAMP.
As a mentor and activist, Jett mentors un-housed and queer youth through Outfest's OutSet young filmmaker program as well as up and coming storytellers from his alma mater through the UTLA film program.
Jett holds an M.A. in Media Studies with a focus in gender/sexuality and an M.F.A. in Film Directing from the University of Texas at Austin. He's also a proud member of the Writer's Guild Of America.
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