Jamie King is an Emmy-nominated writer of film and television.
His feature credits include the horror film BUDDY, a 2026 Sundance selection written with Casper Kelly, and WORLD’S BEST, an original hip-hop musical written for Disney with Utkarsh Ambudkar, which was nominated for Best Fiction Special at the 2024 Children’s and Family Emmy Awards.
On the TV side, Jamie contributed to all three seasons of MARVEL’S JESSICA JONES, including the season one finale “Smile,” which earned both a Peabody and a Hugo Award. Jamie also wrote on the sci-fi drama IMPULSE for YouTube Premium. His coming-of-age horror pilot CASTLE ROCK won Best Teleplay at the 2015 Slamdance Film Festival. He has also written for video games, including MARVEL’S AVENGERS by Square Enix.
You can contact Jamie through his representation, Jonathan Martin of The Gersh Agency or Ryan Nord of The Nord Group.
He is not the actress from WHITE CHICKS.
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Jamie grew up in Washington State, and studied theater at New York University. After graduating, he performed stand-up comedy, and wrote and produced several shows at the UCB Theater, the Montreal Sketch Comedy Festival, and the Second City Theater.
In 2013, he received his MFA in Writing and Producing for Television from Loyola Marymount University, where he created THE REAL HOUSEWIVES OF SHAKESPEARE.
Jamie became an assistant on MARVEL’S JESSICA JONES, where he was promoted to Staff Writer in Season One, later returning for Seasons Two and Three. He has five writing credits over three seasons.
Most recently, Jamie has written family features for Disney, a coming-of-age horror pilot, and a children’s book.
Jamie lives in Studio City with his wife, son and daughter.