BIO

Jon combines drama and comedy to engage, educate and entertain audiences. He works across multiple genres, elevating and subverting them to highlight social issues and incorporate diverse characters and stories.

At AFTRS, Jon collaborated with producer Chidiebube Uba on the short film Ayo about young Nigerian-Australian men struggling to deal with the death of a friend; helped a team of Mauritian media professionals develop an animated family feature film (My Island Home); and worked with Wiradjuri animator Joshua Yasserie writing and developing a First Nations animation / live action comedy series KingsLand – recently selected for the 2023 ABC Fresh Blood initiative. He is currently writing an ongoing murder-mystery series (Queen of the Quay) and a true-life sports drama series (Wogball – Rise of the Socceroos).

Jon has written 5 original TV pilots; 2 of them (Counter Intelligence and Time Puppets) selected for the AWG Pathways program. He was a finalist in the AACTA Pitch: Regional Landscapes competition (Coxy's Funland) and wrote comedy sketches for You’re Skitting Me (ABC) and Comedy Inc: The Late Shift (Nine Network). His web series Puppets vs People had 2 videos go viral, and he has written short films in various genres including drama, horror, film-noir, historical fantasy and animation.

Jon also has an Industry Certificate in Script Assessment from AFTRS and 15 years' experience working in improvised comedy and education. He is passionate about collaborating with people from under-represented backgrounds to help tell their stories, and about creating unique Australian stories for a global audience.

WRITING SAMPLES

JON REX WILLIAMS