Jason V Brock

Jason Vincent Brock (born March 1, 1970) is an American author, artist, scholar, musician, editor and filmmaker.

He is the CEO and co-founder (with his wife, Sunni) of JaSunni Productions, LLC, whose documentary films include Charles Beaumont: The Short Life of Twilight Zone’s Magic Man, the Rondo Hatton Classic Horror Award-winning The AckerMonster Chronicles!, Brock shares story credit (he was Lead Story Consultant and Lead Designer) on the Logan’s Run: Last Day and related comic book series from Bluewater Productions. He is also a writer for the comic book/graphic novel, Tales from William F. Nolan's Dark Universe (also from Bluewater). His novella, Milton’s Children, was published by Bad Moon Books in early 2013. In addition to award wins and nominations, Brock's work has generally been well-received, and his poetry, short stories, nonfiction articles, introductions and essays have been widely published internationally online, as well as in dozens of horror, science fiction and fantasy books and scholarly print magazines (Fangoria, Dark Discoveries, Calliope, Comic-Con International's Souvenir Book, Weird Fiction Review [print edition], American Rationalist [an organ of the Center for Inquiry], etc.), and multiple anthologies working with a wide array of publishers and editors (Butcher Knives and Body Counts, S. T. Joshi's Black Wings series, Matt Cardin's Teeming Brain website and his book Horror Literature Through History, Animal Magnetism, and so on). A content expert in multiple areas, he has been a frequent special guest and panelist at many horror and science fiction conventions (such as Necronomicon-Providence, MythosCon, Norwescon, Crypticon, World Horror Convention, World Fantasy Convention, and others) and film festivals (including the H. P. Lovecraft Film Festival, Buffalo International Film Festival, Lovecraft's Visions, etc.). In 2015, at the invitation of author Greg Bear, Brock and Nolan contributed writings, along with others, as examples from significant Washington State authors to the Washington Centennial Time Capsule. A sealing ceremony was held in the state capital of Olympia, Washington. In late 2015, he was featured as the Editor Guest of Honor at the largest science fiction convention in Oregon, OryCon 37.

Biography Brock was born in Charlotte, North Carolina of mixed racial heritage, and has dyslexia. under Mark Williams, in addition to assisting on several low-budget movie efforts in his spare time (including a brief period with filmmakers Harry Joyner and Jet Eller).

The AckerMonster Chronicles!, documentary about super-fan, Famous Monsters of Filmland editor, agent, and Vampirella creator Forrest J Ackerman. The film contains exclusive interviews with Dan O'Bannon, John Landis, Joe Dante, Ray Bradbury, and others. Director/writer/producer. Distributed by Sonique Theatre Media; JaSunni Productions, LLC, 2012. The film was invited to have its World Premiere at the historic Aero Theatre in Santa Monica, California in 2013. Rondo Hatton Classic Horror Awards Winner (Best Documentary) for 2014.

Image, Reflection, Shadow: Artists of the Fantastic, documentary regarding metaphorical imagery from Hieronymus Bosch to the present, including surrealism, symbolism, and fantastic realism, and featuring exclusive interviews with H. R. Giger, Ernst Fuchs, Alex Grey, Roger Dean, Kris Kuksi, Laurie Lipton, and a host of others. Director/writer/producer. Distributed by Sonique Theatre Media; JaSunni Productions, LLC, 2025.

Affiliations and memberships

Member, Horror Writers Association (HWA) Member, Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America (SFWA) Member, International Association for the Fantastic in the Arts (IAFA) Member, Rod Serling Memorial Foundation Member, Photo Marketing Association (PMA) Member, Certified Photographic Consultants (CPC) Member, Society of Photofinishing Engineers (SPFE)

Awards and nominations Category, year, and nominated workAwards bodyResult Book and Jacket Design, 2010 The Bleeding Edge Pacific Printing Industries Association (PPI) Book and Jacket Design, 2012 The Devil's Coattails Pacific Printing Industries Association (PPI) Best Documentary, 2013 The AckerMonster Chronicles! Rondo Hatton Classic Horror Awards Best Book, 2014 Disorders of Magnitude Rondo Hatton Classic Horror Awards Superior Achievement in Anthology, 2014 A Darke Phantastique Bram Stoker Awards Superior Achievement in Nonfiction, 2014 Disorders of Magnitude Bram Stoker Awards