Ben Cory Jones signs with the APA

EXCLUSIVE: Ben Cory Jones (boomerang, Uncertain) signed an agency contract with APA.

Jones is best known for co-producing and writing several seasons of Issa Rae’s hit HBO comedy series. Uncertain. He has also written about shows like Games that people play for BET, Underground for OWN and Ben Watkins’ Hand of God for Amazon.

Jones was a co-creator and producer of the BET comedy series boomerang, loosely based on the 1990s film starring Eddie Murphy and Halle Berry. Berry and Lena Waithe also served as executive producers for the show’s two seasons.

In 2013, Jones was selected to participate in the award-winning ABC/Disney Television Writing Program and co-wrote the drama series ABC Family. chasing life.

For the big screen, he made his first feature film with the title Black Spartan in Atlanta this fall. The project takes place in the mid-1960s, amid a social upheaval that paved the way for college football to be reformed. It follows the first fully integrated college football team that changed the face of the sport forever. Jones wrote the script and will also serve as a producer.

Jones remains under the management of Cultivate Entertainment Partners, which introduced him to APA.