Jay Palmieri Jr. is a New York and New Jersey based Horror Writer and Director. His writer/director credits include the 2011 horror shorts Delusion and Prophecy, and the 2013 horror short Imprisoned Souls. He continues to write countless horror screenplays and story ideas.His love for the Horror genre started at 10 years old, and considers John Carpenter's 1978 film "Halloween" the reason why he wants to pursue a Horror Filmmaking career. During Jay's middle school and high school years, he wrote and filmed over 51 short films for fun with his friends as the cast. Once he graduated from high school, he attended the New York Film Academy to study filmmaking. While a NYFA student he wrote/directed 10 short films of his own. Jay graduated from New York Film Academy in 2011.When Jay is not Directing, you can find him on set as a Script Supervisor, Production Assistant, or Grip. His Script Supervisor credits include the award-winning musical films "Lifeless" (Dir. VP Boyle), "Naked" (Dir. Sean Robinson), "Gingerbread House" (Dir. VP Boyle), and on Broadway Actress Catherine Porter's music video "A Good Day To Die".Aside, from working behind-the-camera, Jay has also acted in a few short films and television shows. He started acting in middle school plays and continued through high school. In high school, he was part of the Theatre Arts class and then Advanced Theatre Arts class. He had featured roles in the short films "Lifeless", "Ascension", "Gingerbread House", and supporting roles in "Production Workshop", "The Last Event", and "Naked". He has been featured as a High School Student on a few episodes of The CW series "The Carrie Diaries" and pilot episode of ABC Family's "Twisted". Jay also appeared as a Dancer in singer/songwriter Wynter Gordon's 2011 music video "Til Death" and as a "Club Goer" in Kelsey Chaos' music video "In For The Kill".Jay Palmieri Jr. hopes one day his name will join the ranks of fellow Horror Legends John Carpenter, Wes Craven, Alfred Hitchcock, Dario Argento, Rob Zombie, Danielle Harris, etc.