Learn & Love Screenwriting.
I’m Jonah Wooley, and I’m a screenwriter from Northeast Ohio.
I am currently writing my first feature-length film… Stay tuned.
2026 SDMA Award Winner
My screenplay, Losing Maverick, won the Award of Excellence - Best Screenplay Short Drama at the 2026 San Diego Movie Awards.
I grew up just outside Akron, Ohio, but my stories seek a wider audience than just home.
My writing frequently delves into themes of grief, forgiveness, existential nihilism, and holism while taking on genres like black comedy, drama, sci-fi, and occasionally horror. As someone who grew up in love with the cinema, I’m very interested in letting raw, unfiltered emotion and overarching questions guide my narratives.
Screenplays for Consideration
From sci-fi and horror to drama and coming-of-age, I have several stories in cosideration for festivals at the moment.
Losing Maverick
The friendship of two film-obesessed best friends begins to fracture under the weight of intense scrutiny regarding their final project.
My Mom, the Pig Named George
A little girl believes her late mother’s soul has taken up residence in the family pig and it starts to affect the rest of her family.
Brain Eaters
A new hire runs into a problem when she discovers a strange man hiding in a storage room, who insists that they are both in the presence of dangerous critters they can't even see.