Jeremy Fassler is a writer and journalist living in Brooklyn. He graduated from Northwestern University with a degree in Performance Studies and a certificate in Creative Writing for the Media. At NU, he won the James M. Lardner Directing Prize two years in a row for his productions of John O’Hara’s Appointment in Samarra and Stephen Sondheim’s Assassins, and the Frank Galati essay prize for his essay on adapting O'Hara's novel for the stage.

After graduating, he assistant directed the original Broadway production of Kinky Boots, which won the Tony Award for Best Musical and has been performed in 10 countries around the world. He AD'd plays at the Irish Repertory Theater, the New York Stage and Film Powerhouse festival at Vassar College, and performed dramaturgical research for the Manhattan Theater Club.

At Harvard University, he earned an MFA in theater studies, assisting directors from around the world, interviewing resident artists, and studying for three months at Russia's Moscow Art Theater, where he co-wrote a play based on the stories of Ivan Bunin. For his thesis, he wrote a stage adaptation of Madame Bovary called Fix.

As a journalist, he has written articles for Vulture, Rogerebert.com, and The Daily Banter, where he published more than 300 pieces on current events. He has assisted on articles that have appeared in The New York Times, The New Yorker, and The Atlantic, and done research and transcriptions for several books, including volumes on filmmakers Wes Anderson, Oliver Stone, Guillermo del Toro, and Mike Nichols.

He has directed three short films: Vegetables, Oh Hai Hamilton (also co-writer) and Squirrel Man (post-production, also writer).

In 2017, he appeared on Jeopardy!, where he came in second place.