DUI JARROD

CREATOR. VISIONARY. STORYTELLER. FILMMAKER. WRITER. DIRECTOR. BLACK. SOFT. SEED. COMFORTABLE. INEFFABLE. STOIC. RICH. INDEPENDENT. SON. GRANDSON. SOUTHERN. ROOTED. BOLD. QUIET. CURIOUS. FOCUSED. HUNGRY. GROWING. EVOLVING. UNAPOLOGETIC. INTENTIONAL. GROUNDED. RESILIENT. TENDER. POWERFUL. LISTENER. BUILDER. THINKER. FEELER. ARTIST. DREAMER. DOER. LEADER. LEARNER. LIGHT. STILLNESS. STRENGTH. SHARP. STRATEGIC. OBSERVER. CREATIVE. SOULFUL. SPIRITUAL. CENTERED. BRAVE. LOVED. HUMAN. AMBITIOUS. EMPATHETIC. LYRICAL. DISCIPLINED. GRATEFUL. HUMBLED. NARRATIVE. VISUAL. MUSICAL. VIBRANT. WARM. VULNERABLE. PRESENT. TRANSPARENT. REFLECTIVE. EARNEST. EXCELLENT. TACTICAL. OPEN. RADICAL. GRACEFUL. PURPOSEFUL. INTIMATE. CINEMATIC. COSMIC. PROUD. HONEST. AUTHENTIC. SENSITIVE. ENGAGED. ORIGINAL. GIFTED. RESTLESS. TRUE. DEVOTED. DANGEROUS. DETERMINED. LiT.

I WROTE THIS PIECE OF WORK OUT OF NECESSITY. TO RE-ESTABLISH MY VOICE. AND TO DO WHAT THE FUCK I WANTED TO.

I STILL HAVE SOMETHING TO SAY, FOR ME.

“Run Away (The Act of Writing)” PREMIERED at the mark o’donnell theater in Brooklyn, NY On November 22, 2025. Written and directed by Dui jarrod.

don’t feed the boll Weevils.

DUI JARROD

EMMY NOMINATED

2026 is an opportunity.

An opportunity to meet changes, challenges, and obstacles I have never faced before. Tomorrow? Who knows. But today, I am here. Present. Creating.

Last year, I was gifted the freedom to begin again. June 4, 2025 marked the official end of a chapter that etched both pain and purpose into my heart. It placed me in honest conflict with myself, a reckoning that is now propelling me forward.

I am creating.
I am asking for what I need.
I am relying on what is already in me.

The journey, truly, has begun.