JJ Brent is an award-winning screenwriter based in Nashville, Tennessee, specializing in character-driven thrillers, crime dramas, and elevated horror. His work explores themes of trauma, justice, and survival through grounded, high-stakes narratives, with a strong emphasis on creating complex, compelling characters that actors are drawn to inhabit.

His feature screenplays have earned multiple accolades, including Best Feature Screenplay at the Open Gate International Film Festival (Checking Out), Best Horror Screenplay, and finalist placements in competitions such as the Chicago Script Awards and Wiki Screenplay Competition.

His completed scripts include Flashing Back, a nonlinear psychological thriller blending investigation and survival; Porch Pirates, a crime thriller about two petty thieves uncovering a human trafficking operation; and Checking Out, a high-concept horror film set inside a deadly immersive attraction.

With a background in live entertainment and a strong visual storytelling instinct, Brent writes with a focus on tension, authenticity, and cinematic execution.

He is currently seeking representation.

"They say every story has been written. Maybe. But characters haven’t. Each is waiting to be imagined and brought to life. If we don’t write them, they never exist and the world misses its chance to know them, love them, and remember them.” JJ Brent