who, me?

Jasmin Prophete (they/them) is a Caribbean-American screenwriter and filmmaker based between New York and Los Angeles. 

Jasmin has produced projects that have received recognition at major festivals, including American Black Film Festival and Raindance. Their film and TV scripts have placed at screenwriting competitions including the PAGE Screenplay Awards, Nashville Film Festival, and Nantucket Film Festival. They are a 2024 alumni of the Scope of Work Fellowship. Their upcoming proof-of-concept short, ZONBI, was shortlisted for the 2025 Tribeca and Chanel Through Her Lens Women’s Filmmaker Program. The ZONBI pilot script was a finalist for the 2026 WIF x The Black List Episodic Lab. Their feature script, NINE NIGHT, was a top 10 semi-finalist for the Tribeca Film Festival 2026 AT&T Untold Stories Grant. Their thesis short film, “Leo Lets It Rain,” will premiere at NewFilmmakers Los Angeles in 2026. Jasmin holds a BFA from NYU Tisch in Dramatic Writing and Social & Cultural Analysis.

Entering the entertainment industry with a background in social justice work, Jasmin is instinctively drawn to challenging and surprising stories about marginalized communities and liberation.