Arthur M. Jolly

About Me: Arthur M. Jolly (he/him) hails from Lewes, Sussex, but currently lives in Los Angeles, as a dual-national US/UK citizen. Jolly shares the standard writer background of starting in the NY film industry as a stunt performer, special effects artist and snake wrangler; then becoming a helicopter pilot instructing for the US Army in Fort Rucker, Alabama; and later flying tourists from Las Vegas into the Grand Canyon. Given such a predictable trajectory, his decision to quit flying and move to Los Angeles to write is all too familiar. Jolly was recognized by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts & Sciences with a Nicholl Fellowship in Screenwriting. Feature films include Where We Disappear on Amazon Prime. As the playwright of 75 produced plays, Jolly won the Todd McNerney National Playwriting Award, the Region IV David Mark Cohen Playwriting Award, and was a finalist for the inaugural Woodward/Newman Drama Award. Published works include A Gulag Mouse, The Ithaca Ladies Read Medea, The Lady Demands Satisfaction, Long Joan Silver, Mrs. Dilber’s Christmas Carol, Past Curfew, Rising, There Is No Play, Trash and two collections of short plays Guilty Moments and Thin Lines.