Jay Dockendorf
Director and Screenwriter

Jay Dockendorf is a screenwriter and director of fiction and documentary films. His debut narrative feature film, NAZ & MAALIK, premiered at the 2015 SXSW Film Festival, where it was acquired for distribution by Wolfe Releasing. It was nominated for the 2016 GLAAD Award for Outstanding Feature Film—Limited Release, won the IWC Filmmaker Award at the Tribeca Film Festival, and received critical acclaim upon its release, with positive reviews from the New York Post, NY Mag, The Playlist, and NPR. It is currently streaming on Amazon Prime.

THREE DEATHS, a short film adaptation of a story by Leo Tolstoy, premiered at the 2020 Sundance Film Festival.

SEE YOU IN THE SKY, a short film co-written with Saturday Night Live staff writer Will Stephen and starring SNL cast member Heidi Gardner, premiered online in 2021. His documentary short films have appeared online on The New Yorker, GQ, and The New York Times' Op-Docs video platforms.

He is represented as a screenwriter and director by United Talent Agency and Entertainment 360.