N.C. Jones is a Raleigh-based screenwriter who explores historical and cultural narratives through the eyes of outsiders and marginalized voices. Drawing on an eclectic backgroundβfrom birthday party clown to tech ghostwriter to amateur embalmerβher work champions tales of misfits, miscreants, and misanthropes.
Unique traits: Insanity
Austin Film Festival Second Round
(2022)
Nicholl Screenwriting Fellowship Quarterfinalist
(2012)
Nicholl Screenwriting Fellowship Semifinalist
(2010)
Lungs
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Film (short)
by Negative Split Films (Sci-Fi and Short)
Writer, Producer In the near future, when environmental disaster threatens humanity and oxygen is scarce, Satchel, a former baseball pitcher, must fight to survive after turning her back on a group of violent murderers who are now hot on her heels.
Merit Badges
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Film (short)
(Comedy)
Director, Writer Merit Badges is about a misfit band of girl scouts who face off with a pair dangerous bandits while trying to hustle enough cookies to get to the Jamboree.
No Child
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Film (short)
by Zoning Media/ Rob Underhill (Drama)
Grip A moving story about the power of human relationships in facilitating personal change.
Harbinger
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Film (short)
by Drawbridge Media / Kieran Moreira (Drama and Short)
Grip, Sound Department An adopted ten year old climbs to the top of an oak tree in hopes of catching his unborn baby brother falling from space.
Unspeakable
(
Film
by BFT Films - Jonathan Rorech (Comedy and Short)
Writer, Producer The short tale of a ghost hunter who makes the mistake of unwittingly pissing off his prey.
San Souci Showdown
(
Film
by BFT Films (Action and Comedy)
Director, Writer, Producer A rural North Carolina mortuary is overrun with a menagerie of gangsters, thieves and opportunists searching for some stolen diamonds.
Unspeakable Comedy ⋄ Horror The short tale of a ghost hunter who makes the mistake of unwittingly pissing off his prey.