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About
Jonathan Herrick, CEO, draws on decades of experience in screenwriting, story development, and
cinematic craft. His projects emphasize emotional authenticity, strong
narrative structure, and a deep understanding of human behavior.
The work focuses primarily on contemporary drama, romance, and comedy, with select period projects.
Award
Screenplay Competition
Works in Progress
THE SIX
In Development….
A COMING-OF-AGE ROMANTIC COMEDY
In the early 1960s, six teenage friends dive into sexual adventure, rock ‘n roll, unmitigated disaster, spectacular success, loss, and love.
Bursting with music and dance, the characters age from 11 to 17. Their story, loosely based on the writer’s adolescence, exists in outline form.
RADIANCE
In Development….
A COMING-OF-AGE FANTASY ADVENTURE
After losing his only parent, a 17-year-old encounters a sorcerer with dark magical powers, falls in love with a young female wizard, and embarks on the most challenging of spiritual journeys.
Inspired by the author’s personal experience and by Buddhist and Sufi wisdom tales, the script will be adapted from the screenwriter’s unpublished novel.
LAST CHANCE
In Development….
A ROMCOM POLITICAL THRILLER
To help topple a rogue U.S. president, a couple masterminds a multii-billion-dollar art heist, then crisscross the continent to escape his hitmen.
The screenwriter’s sister and brother-in-law, respected political operatives, are consultants on this project, which exists in synopsis form. It Happened One Night meets V for Vendetta.
Biography
After earning a B.A. in Cinema from New York State University and attending USC’s Graduate School of Cinema Arts, Jonathan was the first writer for Family Feud, a full-time story analyst for Lorimar Television, freelanced for CBS and Dustin Hoffman, and wrote for Oscar-winning director Will Vinton. Disney offered to buy his screenplay, The Sky’s the Limit, and Pauline Kael called him at home to praise his screenwriting.
After leaving the movie industry, Jonathan earned an MSW from New York University, spent decades training with many of the world’s foremost Zen, Tibetan Buddhist, and psychotherapy teachers, and created an extensive, private psychotherapy practice. Returning to film, he now devotes most of his time to screenwriting and enjoying life on Martha’s Vineyard and in warm seaside beach towns. He has two wonderful daughters and a delightful stepdaughter.
Jonathan Herrick
Screenwriter | Producer
Chilmark, MA 02535 | 415.722.9446 | IsittruefilmProductions@gmail.com
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