Jai Jamison

A Brief Biography of Calvin “Jai” Jamison, Jr.*

Jai Jamison, a writer/director from Richmond, VA, is currently a Story Editor on SUPERMAN & LOIS. His feature film, TRI, led to his selection for the Shoot Magazine New Director’s Showcase. SLAVE CRY, his most recent short, won The Commonwealth Award at the Virginia Film Festival and screened in the 2021 Pan African Film Festival. 

Jai is an alum of the Almanack Screenwriters (FKA Nantucket Screenwriters Colony), and has won numerous Screenwriting Awards, including WeScreenplay Diverse Voices. He is a Virginia Museum of Fine Arts Fellow, a graduate of Hampton University, and American University’s MFA Film program. 

* Jai is the nickname his mother came up with to differentiate him from his father and prevent confusion in the household. It is pronounced “Jay.”