Jamal had his first taste of theater in high school, after being tricked by a pretty face to audition for a play. That first show lead to Jamal joining the school's Drama club, then community theater groups. After High School Blair then studied theater at Nassau community college, then film at Queens College, at that point he began writing, producing and directing film shorts, then at 21 He made his first feature A crime thriller called "Big Numbers". After "Big Numbers" Jamal stepped away from film, unsure if this was the right path for him. After a few years away his need to tell story's was re awoken, and he returned to film being more prolific then ever! First writing, directing, Producing and co-starring in 2012's "Forgotten Kingdom" Then Writing and directing it's prequel the 2015 web-series "Forgotten Kingdom: Genesis" and now Writing, Directing, and Co-starring in his TV-Pilot "Blakemore"