Independent Writers' Caucus
Nicole Jones-Dion
Matt Prater, Citizen Skull
Nicole Jones-Dion is an acclaimed Los Angeles-based writer-director who specializes in telling elevated genre stories. Beginning her career in comics and video games, she transitioned to screenwriting, writing features for SyFy Channel, Lionsgate, and Sony - including an adaptation of the best-selling martial arts game Tekken.
An Army Brat, Nicole had a nomadic upbringing, living in places as diverse as Hawaii and Germany before her family finally settled down in Wilmington, NC. In school, she won the North Carolina Writer's Award for a full scholarship to Duke University, where she studied Creative Writing, History, and Theology. After graduation, she did her own brief stint in the Army before relocating to LA.
In her spare time, Nicole volunteers with the National Park Service and advocates for military veterans in the entertainment industry.
Honors & Awards
FOX Writers Incubator -Winner - WIKI - 2022
The Grey List - Official Selection - STILL WATERS - 2023
The Stunt List Originals Bureau - Official Selection - WIKI - 2024
non-WGA
Female, 40+
WIKI
(1 hour drama - YA Horror)
A modern-day reimagining of The Monkey’s Paw for the internet generation. The lives of three college friends are turned upside down when they discover a mysterious online wiki site. Any changes made to the wiki magically come true in the real world — with unpredictable and deadly consequences.
BACK TRACK
(1 hour drama - Crime)
When a young horse trainer is found trampled to death, police write it off as a tragic accident... until her father receives an anonymous tip that she was murdered. Now, it’s up to a professor-turned-private investigator to find her killer before he strikes again. Adapted from the novels by Joseph A. McCaffrey.
JUVIE
(Feature - YA Horror)
A delinquent teenage girl discovers a pattern among unexplained deaths at a juvenile detention facility - they all die before they turn 18 and "age out" of the system. With her own 18th birthday looming, she must find out who is behind the mysterious deaths before she becomes the next victim.
Crime, Thriller, Sci-Fi, Fantasy, Psychological, Horror, Historical/Alternative History, YA
Female, 40+
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