Jody Wheeler

Jody is a 2006 graduate of the University of California - Los Angeles' MFA in Screenwriting Program. Jody wrote for the ground breaking 1990s TV series "Inside / Outside The Beltway." He directed "In The Closet," the horror hit seen at festivals world-wide. It was nominated for the 2008 IRIS Prize. He wrote the 2009 scifi feature "Heatwave" ("City on Fire" in some markets) for Regent Entertainment. In 2011, he co-produced the award-winning feature film "Judas Kiss." In 2010, he was one of the founding members of Bent-Con, the Los Angeles LGBT Genre convention that bills itself as "Comic-Con, Only Gayer." He became Vice-President of Bent-Con in 2012. He recently directed his first feature, the mystery-thriller "The Dark Place", which he also wrote. "The Dark Place" will premiere in 2014. A former therapist and social worker, some days he can't tell the difference between Hollywood and the psych units he used to visit.