{"id":2,"date":"2012-10-06T11:59:55","date_gmt":"2012-10-06T11:59:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.barelylingual.com\/?page_id=2"},"modified":"2026-06-01T23:04:50","modified_gmt":"2026-06-01T23:04:50","slug":"info","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"http:\/\/www.barelylingual.com\/","title":{"rendered":"About"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a>Jamie King is an Emmy-nominated writer and producer of film and television.<\/p>\n

His feature credits include the horror comedy BUDDY<\/a>, written with Casper Kelly, for which he is also an Executive Producer. BUDDY was a 2026 Sundance selection, and will be released theatrically on 9\/4\/26. He also co-wrote the original hip-hop musical WORLD’S BEST <\/a><\/span>with Utkarsh Ambudkar, which is available on Disney+. It was nominated for Best Fiction Special at the 2024 Children\u2019s and Family Emmy Awards.<\/p>\n

For TV, Jamie contributed to all three seasons of MARVEL’S JESSICA JONES<\/a>, including the season one finale \u201cSmile,\u201d which earned both a Peabody and a Hugo Award. Jamie wrote for the sci-fi drama IMPULSE<\/a> on YouTube Premium. His coming-of-age horror pilot CASTLE ROCK won Best Teleplay at the 2015 Slamdance Film Festival<\/a>. He has written for video games, including MARVEL\u2019S AVENGERS<\/a> by Square Enix. He studied theater at NYU, and received his MFA in Writing and Producing for TV from Loyola Marymount University, where he created THE REAL HOUSEWIVES OF SHAKESPEARE<\/a>.<\/p>\n

His children’s book The Lonely Stegosaurus<\/span>, written with his son Finn, is available here<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Jamie lives in Studio City with his wife, son and daughter. You can contact him through his reps, Jonathan Martin of The Gersh Agency<\/a> and Ryan Nord of The Nord Group.<\/p>\n

He is not the actress from WHITE CHICKS<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n

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Jamie King is an Emmy-nominated writer and producer of film and television. His feature credits include the horror comedy BUDDY, written with Casper Kelly, for which he is also an Executive Producer. BUDDY was a 2026 Sundance selection, and will be released theatrically on 9\/4\/26. He also co-wrote the original hip-hop musical WORLD’S BEST with … <\/p>\n

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