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Jett Garrison

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Jett Garrison is an Emmy-winning, Oscar-nominated writer/director whose work has screened in over 100 film festivals worldwide. As a Transgender storyteller, Jett explores themes of gender as power and the beauty of chosen family. As a director, Jett's short film CHECKOUT earned an Emmy, and JO FM received a Student Academy Award nomination. His episodic credits include Norman Lear's CLEAN SLATE and the award-winning digital series THESE THEMS, which earned him Best Director at the Chicago Pride Film Festival and was distributed on Open Television. As a writer, Jett staffed on Amazon Prime's GEN V (THE BOYS universe) and The CW's reboot of THE 4400, serving as an on-set writer/producer on both. His original feature script QUICK QUICK SLOW was selected for the GLAAD List (in partnership with The Black List) and was a finalist in Outfest's Screenwriting Lab. Jett holds an M.F.A. in Film Directing and an M.A. in Media Studies from the University of Texas at Austin.

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BINAURAL

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BINAURAL

Creator: Jett Garrison
BINAURAL is a short film that explores the concept of Selective Auditory Attention (or selective hearing) for a Deaf Queer Black woman.LOGLINE: On her way to a Black Lives Matter protest, Annie discovers she has a hidden ability in her power over sound.
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