JJ's film noir short "Counterfeit" (optioned via an ISA posting) is now filmed and being entered in festivals. He won a 2-year Writers Boot Camp fellowship from Creative Screenwriting Magazine based on a comedy short. Another of his short scripts ("My Stardust") is a top Coverfly sci-fi short, & a WeScreenplay/Diverse Voices winner & PAGE Awards top-10 finalist. He has braved online screenwriting courses from both UCLA Extension & ScreenwritingU. J.J.'s goal is to write scripts exploring the social impacts of advances in biology and technology. J.J. would like to write features and for TV series (e.g., Star Trek, Black Mirror, Battlestar Galactica, The Expanse, Fringe, and Firefly). He has an undergraduate degree in Cultural Anthropology and a graduate degree in Botany. JJ has traveled and lived overseas.