A Little Bit About Me…

Jay was born in Portsmouth Virginia, but raised in Chesapeake for the most part — one of the seven cities of the Hampton Roads area in Virginia. Raised by parents who were both school teachers, he developed a strong interest in music (his father James teaches music) as well as creative writing (his mother used to encourage) and eventually began writing short stories as early as fourth grade. Throughout his college years Jay would go on to write several short stories and eventually complete a three-hundred page novella before discovering the art of screenwriting. It was here that he would fall in love with the craft of screenwriting and spend several years writing drafts before eventually focusing on transforming his words into a visual medium — film.

Honing his directing skills by wearing a variety of hats in the production world including writer, cinematographer, editor and producer — Jay has worked in film production in some capacity since his late teens. Directing, however, has always been Jay’s ultimate creative desire and to bring his stories from the page to the big screen. Since graduating from Norfolk State University and receiving a degree in Communications, Jay has been working in film production as well as post production using a variety of resources in order to get the best outcome for all of his projects.