"Do not ask what the universe needs, find what it is that makes you come alive and do just that because the universe needs people who are alive." - Howard Thurman
Jamil Akim O'Quinn is a queer, nerd from Compton, California, who loves art and academia. A writer/director with a B.A. from UC Berkeley, Master of Divinity from Princeton, and an MFA from Loyola Marymount University. He is former Armani Exchange model and past performer in the Broadway National tour of “The Book of Mormon”. Jamil is now part of the support staff for the NCIS: Los Angeles writing team. Although living at the intersection of multiple marginalized communities was meant to break him, it turned him into a fighter. And now, he fights by telling family narratives that give voice to systemically voiceless people, who have been forced to stay in the shadows. Just how he was.
Filmography
Writer (4 Credits)
And A Child Will Lead (Based on a True Story)
Screenplay
Divinity
Television Script
LockDown2018
Student
Percy & Caesar: A Slave Love Narrative Seldom Told2018
Short, Student
Director (2 Credits)
LockDown2018
Student
Percy & Caesar: A Slave Love Narrative Seldom Told2018
Short, Student
Producer (1 Credit)
LockDown2018
Student
Awards & Selections
Best Graduate Screenplay And A Child Will Lead (Based on a True Story)
LMU SFTV Industry Awards 2021 Los Angeles, CA
2021
Education
College
University of California, Berkeley
Sociology and Theater, Dance Performance Studies
1999 – 2008
College
Princeton Theological Seminary
Theology
2009 – 2012
College
Loyola Marymount University, Los Angeles
Master of Fine Art - Writing for the Screen
2018 – 2021
Quotes
"Do not ask what the universe needs, find what it is that makes you come alive and do just that because the universe needs people who are alive." - Howard Thurman
"Do not ask what the universe needs, find what it is that makes you come alive and do just that because the universe needs people who are alive." - Howard Thurman