Jack Piatt

Cast · Director · Writer

Jack Piatt is the Founder of Highway West Entertainment. He spent many years in the Art Department before focusing primarily on writing and producing. He directed and produced the feature documentary, Far Behind: The Candlebox Story in partnership with Warner Music Entertainment, slated for a 2025 release. He was a producer on the follow up to the critically acclaimed "Wrecking Crew" documentary (Hulu) which garnered a 100% on Rotten Tomatoes, as well as a producer on the Hulu original film Trap Jazz. He produced the feature documentary "I Need You: 53 Years of the Band America" which will release in 2025. Highway West has a host of scripted and unscripted projects lined up, including a biopic on legendary jazz artist Chet Baker. Piatt helped build Jammcard, Inc. coined by Forbes as a "musicians LinkedIn." He grew up outside Dayton, Ohio and became a sergeant in the 82nd Airborne Division before attending undergraduate and graduate studies at Southern Illinois University for Journalism and Media Management. He spent time as a journalist, photographer and editor before heading to Los Angeles to focus on filmmaking. In addition to his professional endeavors, Piatt has long demonstrated his passion for global issues and social justice, working with Participant Media as a field producer on the Save My Oceans Tour and various other projects and campaigns such as the Palau Project, Imagining Geographies, Meals on Wheels, WisdoMania Foundation and Manifest Equality. His most recent project is developing music programs for people experiencing homelessness in Los Angeles. He is on the advisory board for Songs for Good, as well as on the Board of Directors for Give a Beat. Piatt released his new poetry book, Poems From My Phone in early 2020 and released his audio book "The Fencepost Knows Too Much" in 2021. His new book "Love & Microwaves is set to release in 2025. He remains committed to raising awareness for important causes and creating impactful stories that empowers viewers and shifts global consciousness.