Jonathan Wysocki

Clinical Assistant Professor of Production | Loyola Marymount University

Los Angeles, CA, UNITED STATES

School of Film and Television

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Biography

Jonathan Wysocki is a queer writer, director, and producer of independent films. His latest feature, the award-winning festival hit DRAMARAMA, is now streaming on Hulu and is distributed in over 20 countries. The semi-autobiographical film is loosely based on his past as a teenage drama nerd. Wysocki is a Fellow of the Sundance Screenwriters and Directors Labs as well as an Advisor for Sundance Co//ab. His short, A DOLL’S EYES, screened at 50 festivals on 6 continents and was translated into 8 languages. The film was his 5th award-winning short. Film accolades include the Sundance Lynn Auerbach Screenwriting Fellowship, the Busan Cinephile Award, the Stanley Kramer Award, the James Bridges Award, two Annenberg grants, and numerous jury and audience awards. Previously, Wysocki worked as a feature film programmer for the LA Film Festival, as a producer on the features THE HAMMER and THRASHER ROAD, and for major studios such as MGM and ABC. Wysocki is a Project Involve Fellow at Film Independent and a Berlinale Talent Campus alum. He has enjoyed higher education teaching throughout Southern California since 2002.

Education (2)

University of California, Los Angeles: B.A., Theater 1998

University of California, Los Angeles: MFA, Film and Television 2004

Areas of Expertise (9)

Working with Actors

Feature Films

Producing

Screenwriting

Queer Cinema

Film Production

Directing

Short Films

Film History and Theory

Industry Expertise (3)

Education/Learning

Motion Pictures and Film

Performing Arts

Affiliations (3)

Sundance Institute
Film Independent
Outfest

Links (1)

IMDB

Articles (2)

“Dramarama's Director Is Subverting the Coming-Out Film”

The Advocate

Daniel Renyolds

Jonathan Wysocki discusses his queer production about repressed theater nerds, which was screened at Outfest.

“Dramarama Is A Sweet Look At Queer Teen Life Dripping In '90s Nostalgia”

HuffPost

Curtis Wong

The indie comedy, which hit Outfest Los Angeles, is based on filmmaker Jonathan Wysocki's early years in a conservative California town.