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Jayce began his journey as a filmmaker acting in numerous films and television shows, most notably Richard Linklater’s Suburbia, Sam Rami’s Spiderman, Tom McCarthy’s The Station Agent, and Ava Duvernay’s award-winning When They See Us. Jayce’s first screenplay, The Cake Eaters (Screen Media), became a critically acclaimed film directed by Mary Stuart Masterson, which he starred in alongside Kristen Stewart and Bruce Dern. Following that, Jayce wrote, directed, and produced Fall To Rise (Panorama Entertainment) starring Daphne Rubin-Vega and legendary dancers Desmond Richardson & Katherine Crockett as well as members of The Martha Graham Dance Company. Robert Redford said of the film “Bartok beautifully captured the emotional difficulty of dancers coming to terms with age and identity.” More highlights for Fall To Rise include being an official selection at the prestigious Dance On Camera Festival at Lincoln Center and winner of the Bulleit Frontier Filmmaker Award. Most recently, Jayce stepped into the role of producer on the award-winning documentary, Larger Than Life: The Kevyn Aucoin Story (HULU). The LA Times called the film “a rich deeply dimensional documentary.” Other credits include co-director and producer of the award-winning documentary Altered By Elvis, and the short films: Suddenly… starring Terry Kinney and Elvis Nolasco, Sunburn, starring Jack Falahee and Damian Young, Cocked and Locked, Jack & Paul, and Stricken, starring Hayley Mills as well as the SXSW winning, Little Pumpkin. Most recently, Jayce directed a short film of his very personal play, The Prisoner (https://tinyurl.com/4zrfateb). His short documentaries, Bittersweet, Brooklyn and Campbell Ritchie: No Compromise are being distributed by LightbeamTV (https://www.lightbeam.tv/). His next feature film, The Prince of Soho, will go into production in 2023, and he is working on a screenplay about the last days of actress, Vivien Leigh, called The Florist. Projects in production include the feature documentary The Untitled Dita Von Teese Project. In addition, Jayce has been a juror for the Chelsea Film Festival & the Fort Lauderdale International Film Festival, a frequent moderator & panelist for SAG-AFTRA, a contributor to the book, Now Write!, a columnist for MovieMaker Magazine, and an instructor at the legendary Neighborhood Playhouse. He is the voice of NATURE’s SPY IN THE WILD, and can be seen in the upcoming series Pretty Little Liars on HBO Max.

Listed skills include Film, Screenwriting, Television, Short Films, and 20 others.