
Born and raised in Chicago, Jason Kesse is a Black, LGBTQ+ writer, producer, and proud child of Ghanaian immigrants. Fascinated with filmmaking from a young age, he enjoys creating immersive worlds and telling dark, suspenseful stories about outsiders in impossible situations learning to embrace their authentic selves outside of what is expected of them. Since earning his BA with honors in both Film & Television and Theatre from Fordham University, he has worked as a script reader for the Austin Film Festival and Roundabout Theatre Company. His pilot and feature scripts have placed in competitions such as Script Pipeline, the WeScreenplay Feature Lab, Emerging Screenwriters, and the JumpStart Writing Competition. Currently based in Portland, he serves as a development assistant at LAIKA Studios, where he helps oversee the slate of upcoming animated projects for the studio.
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The 14th Annual First Look Project searches for higher-concept material across MULTIPLE categories for film and TV, introducing select writers to reps and producers.
The 24th Annual Script Pipeline Screenwriting Contest is searching for extraordinary writers with feature screenplays across all genres.
The 19th Annual Script Pipeline TV Writing Contest is searching for extraordinary writers with original television pilots or unproduced indie series scripts.
2017 Screenwriting Competition winner Untitled Home Invasion Romance (formerly Getaway) was produced in the summer of 2024 and will release on January 27th, 2026. Jason Biggs (American Pie, Orange is the New Black) makes his directorial debut with the crime/comedy. Stars Anna Conkle (Pen15), Arturo Castro (Broad City), Meaghan Rath (Hawaii Five-o), and Justin H. […]
Just a few months after the contest announcement, 2025 Screenwriting semifinalist Nick Porisch signed with manager Jake Wagner (Alibi Management). Pipeline execs helped Nick develop his Semi-placing script Beautiful Morning prior to pitching direct to Jake. From Nick: “Working with Script Pipeline has been an incredible and super rewarding process. They’ve been helpful and supportive […]
A top 10 finalist in the 2023 Screenwriting Competition, Buzzkill by Colin McLaughlin is set to be produced! Joe Lynch will direct, with Billy Magnussen (Game Night) and Lulu Wilson (Becky) to star. Read more on Deadline. Colin's horror/comedy was lauded by Pipeline execs as "one of the freshest spins on a horror concept we've […]
