Biography

Jaki Bradley is a writer and director for theater, TV and film. She has directed at theaters across the country, including Berkeley Repertory Theater, New York Theater Workshop, Ars Nova, New York Stage and Film, Ojai Playwrights Conference, Denver Center and Clubbed Thumb, Williamstown, Soho Rep, the O’Neill, and Arena Stage. Other live events include DiscOasis, an immersive roller disco curated by Nile Rodgers in Central Park, and Expecto Patronum at Harry Potter World in Universal Studios Osaka. In audio, Jaki directed Treat starring Kiernan Shipka (nominee, Ambie for Best Fiction Podcast) and Song of the Northwoods for Audible (2022 Best of the Year List). Jaki’s short film Spa Day screened at Palm Springs, Overlook, and Brooklyn Horror. Her short The Big Ask screened at New York Shorts, Indie Street and CHAIN where it won Best Director of Narrative Short. Her latest short film, Chow starring Ben Platt, recently finished post-production. With Kevin Armento, Jaki has written screenplays for Netflix, Paramount, AGBO, Department M, Wonderland, Scott Free and sold an original horror series to FX. Jaki and Kevin’s debut screenplay, Detox, made the 2019 HIT List and Blood List. Jaki has been a member of the Civilians R&D Group, an Artist-in-Residence at Ars Nova, a Drama League Artist-in-Residence and TV/Film Fellow, a member of the Soho Rep Writer/Director Lab, the Williamstown Directing Corps, Lincoln Center Director’s Lab, New York Stage and Film Screenwriters Lab and a U.S. Fulbright Scholar. Proud member of the Writer’s Guild of America and Stage Directors and Choreographers Society. ​