Jasmin Benward

Screenwriter and Editor

Los Angeles, California

Member Since:
December 2021

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About Jasmin

Jasmin Benward (She, Her, Them) is a Multi-Hyphenate Storyteller (author, writer, playwright, singer-songwriter), Educator, and Family Wellness Instructor. Jasmin is repped by 22MediaWorks (manuscripts) and is currently writing her first, commissioned feature film. Jasmin is concurrently co-writing and editing a one man stage play and works as a staff writer for Black Retail, an urban comedy web series slated to begin production in 2022. Jasmin is hell bent on telling the stories of marginalized folks and creating fun family pieces.

Jasmin can be found trying her hand at beat-making, thrifting, and book-shopping her way through LA. She frequents New York City and Atlanta, GA as she considers all three places home.

Social Media Handles:
-Twitter: @BenwardJasmin
-Instagram: @writeonjas

Gender:
Female

Ethnicity:
African American

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Rat Out Family ⋄ Animation Animated 3D, RAT OUT is a vibrant urban comedy in Brooklyn, New York that trails the adventures on the road to independence for streetwise, teen rat Roland, who desperately seeks his own identity outside his ginormous family. While putting in his bid for the affection of crush, Ally, and the respect of neighborhood leader, Jefe, Roland inadvertently finds himself on the wrong side of the tracks when a food run trial goes terribly wrong.
I Hope You Heal Drama ⋄ Comedy I HOPE YOU HEAL is a queer, urban dramedy anthology series about the the vast world of identity and human repair amid trauma.
Black Retail Comedy Twenty is too far away and thirty is too damn close. BLACK RETAIL follows three friends through the ebbs and flows of adulting and the hair-pulling adventures of working in the world of retail.
Insecure Spec S4E1: Slick or Nah? Comedy Insecure is a half-hour, urban comedy series in modern-day Los Angeles that follows the unpredictable experiences and racy trials of two African-American women.