Danita Jones

Danita Jones is a writer, filmmaker, producer and educator whose career spans more than three decades in television, film and documentary storytelling. She has written for acclaimed scripted series including Frasier and Sabrina the Teenage Witch and has developed feature film projects for major production companies. Throughout her career, she has been hired to write original screenplays and develop long-form narrative projects across multiple genres. She also developed a musical project for renowned producer Suzanne de Passe, expanding her work into cross-disciplinary storytelling.

As a filmmaker, Jones executive produced an award-winning short film that received the Golden Egg Award, and executive produced a live one-man show that ran for three weeks in Hollywood. Her producing career spans development, field production, documentary storytelling and post-production for character-driven series across broadcast, cable and streaming platforms, including projects for Netflix, Peacock and Discovery. She has directed production crews, conducted on-camera interviews, shaped narrative arcs in the edit and guided projects from concept through final delivery. She also served as a producer on the award-recognized series Unlocked.

Drawing on experience in writers' rooms, feature development, independent filmmaking and large-scale productions across broadcast, cable, and streaming platforms, Jones brings a practical, industry-centered perspective to the classroom. She teaches screenwriting and TV writing at Dodge College, where she emphasizes objective-driven storytelling, scene construction, visual writing, collaboration and rewriting as essential creative disciplines. She encourages students to draw from their own lives, perspectives and experiences, helping them recognize the value of what they have lived and use it to tell the stories they most want to tell. Passionate about mentoring emerging storytellers, she helps students develop both the technical craft and creative confidence needed to build meaningful careers in film and television.

Outside the classroom, Jones is the creator of Living History, an educational initiative that uses storytelling to help students explore history through empathy, critical thinking and evidence-based inquiry. Through original curriculum and historical narratives, she helps learners connect the past to contemporary issues and discover how storytelling can deepen both civic understanding and human connection.

She is currently pursuing a Master of Liberal Arts in Creative Writing at Harvard Extension School while expanding Living History, developing historical fiction and creating curriculum that demonstrates the power of story to inform, inspire and connect communities.