JAMAL HODGE is a multi-award-winning filmmaker and writer. Since May of 2016, Jamal Hodge's films have been an official selection in over 100 Film Festivals, and have won over 70 awards including The Vanguard Award (Best of The Fest) at the Hip Hop Film Festival (2020), Best Director at The Chelsea Film Festival (2020) and Best Director at GenreBlast (2020), with screenings at Tribecca Film Festival, Sundance, and the Cannes Short Film Corner.
Jamal has directed the first season of Investigation Discovery Channel's Primal Instinct' and has come on as a Producer on the Animated feature film 'Pierre The Pigeon Hawk' (starring Will.I,.Am, Jennifer Hudson, and Whoopi Goldberg). He is co-directing/producing a PBS docu-series called Southern Storytellers (2022) with Peabody-winning producer/director Craig Renaud and is the Show Runner on two comedy series: INGENIUSES (created by Brandon Shaw) and TYPE CAST with Lenny Thomas.
As a writer, Hodge is an active member of The Horror Writer's Association and The SFPA, being nominated for a 2021 & 2022 Rhysling Award for his Poems 'Fermi's Spaceship' and 'Loving Venus', While his poem 'The Silence of God' placed in the 2021 Horror Writer Association Showcase and 'Colony' make the 2022 Dwarf Stars. His poetry is featured in the Anthology CHIRAL MAD 5 alongside such legends as STEPHEN KING and LINDA ADDISON. And recently, Hodge has come on as co-editor on the historical book 45 BLACK MEN IN HORROR with Sumiko Saulson. You can find his written work featured in the historical all-black issue of Star*line Magazine (issue 43.4) SPACE AND TIME Magazine, HYBRID: Misfits, Monsters & Other Phenomena, PENUMBRIC Speculative Fiction Magazine, Savage Planets, and many others. His screenplay 'Mourning Meal' won best short screenplay at The NYC Horror Film Festival in 2018)
Motivated by his accomplishments, Hodge has blossomed to take his talents to the next level. Jamal's tone of work, or what he calls, "Inspirational Darkness", can be described as a melding of genres. The Psychological Horror, Thriller, and Inspirational genres are Jamal's usual forte of filmmaking. His mission is to add value to people’s lives through his unique brand of cinema. He’s excited to continue to grow outstanding partnerships to create memorable and impactful cinematic experiences for audiences across the world.
