ADAM JONES is a writer, actor, and director originally from West Virginia. He began writing at three years old on a typewriter with no ribbon and started directing at age ten when his father got the family a video camera. Jones began acting on stage in his teens and has since acted in over thirty plays, twenty short films, and numerous feature films (most notably Empty Rooms, Cry Havoc, The Sunshine Deli and Grocery, Goddog, and Cross Eyed and several series, including the History Channel’s Hatfields & McCoys and in AMC’s The American West.

Jones attended Bard College, where he scored two BAs in acting and writing and served as the head sound designer for drama and dance performances for two years. After graduating, Adam worked as technical director and production manager for the Schoolhouse Theatre in New York, overseeing all elements of production for two full Equity seasons. While living in New York City, Jones worked on independent films in a variety of departments, honing his craft as a director and his voice as a storyteller. Jones also worked in the scenic department on over twenty studio films such as Unfaithful, The Stepford Wives, The Interpreter, War of the Worlds, Doubt, Date Night, and The Departed. and on over a hundred episodes of television, including The Sopranos and sixty-plus episodes of Saturday Night Live.

Jones’ feature film directorial debut Cross Eyed garnered several awards on the festival circuit including Audience Choice and Grand Jury Award. He has written several screenplays, teleplays, and stage plays and developed concepts for television series and video games. Jones co-hosts the podcast Storyosophy and offers story development services to both writers and production companies as a freelance story consultant.  A licensed hypnosis therapist in the QHHT technique, Jones’ love of metaphysics permeates his stories.