Benjamin Cory Jones

“After graduating cum laude and Phi Beta Kappa from Morehouse, with a degree in English Literature, and with significant coursework in Finance, Ben worked on Wall Street as a Speech Writer and Communications Executive for a major investment bank, where he wrote the words “corporate governance” and “best practices” at least ten times a day. During the 2007-08 Mort- gage Crisis, his job evolved and he became responsible for “writing superfluous fluff ” to down- play his company’s involvement in the collapse of the world’s financial markets. That company shall remain nameless, but there was an HBO movie about it.

After that therapy-inducing experience, Ben walked away from corporate America and discov- ered his passion for television writing and producing. He was selected to participate in the pres- tigious ABC Television Writing Program, with mentors such as Shonda Rhimes, and was a Staff Writer on the ABC Family drama series, CHASING LIFE. Ben was also a writer on the Ama- zon drama series, HAND OF GOD executive produced by Marc Forster (Monster’s Ball). Both a comedy and drama writer, Ben produced a pilot presentation for an original comedy series, BROS, about three African-American brothers, two straight and one gay, each trying to find love in modern-day LA but screwing everything up along the way, which is now in development at a major network. Currently, Ben is a writer on the acclaimed HBO comedy series, INSECURE, starring internet sensation, Issa Rae and executive produced by Larry Wilmore. Ben is also a writer on WGN America’s ground-breaking drama series, UNDERGROUND.