| Jay Bushman | |
| Occupation: | Writer |
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| Notableworks: | The Lizzie Bennet Diaries |
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Jay Bushman is an American transmedia writer and book author.
Bushman was a writer and producer on The Lizzie Bennet Diaries, a digital adaptation of Pride & Prejudice, for which he won an Emmy in 2013 for "Outstanding Creative Achievement In Interactive Media – Original Interactive Program".[1] The transmedia elements of the piece included 35 Twitter feeds for individual characters.[2] The series ran from April 2012 to March 2013[3] and won YouTube Streamy Awards and the IAWTV Award for Best Interactive/Social Media experience.[4]
The team followed the series' success with the release of Welcome to Sandition and Emma Approved, vlog series that also included Twitter accounts for individual characters.
In 2014, Bushman released #hamlet, a multiplatform web series. He was named one of "10 Filmmakers to Watch in 2014" by Independent Magazine.[3]
Bushman worked at Fourth Wall Studios as a writer and producer, where he helped create the Emmy-nominated series Dirty Work[5] and wrote and created the show Airship Dracula.[6]
Bushman serves on the Peabody Awards Board of Jurors for Digital and Interactive Storytelling.[7]
In 2021, Bushman released Novel Advice: Practical Wisdom for Your Favorite Literary Characters with Simon & Schuster, a book of advice for classic literature characters including Victor Frankenstein and Lady MacBeth.