Stephanie Lynn Jones
- Producer
- Production Department
- Director
Stephanie Lynn Jones is the director of the award-winning short memoir documentary "The Jones Twins: Bebop Souls in a Muzak World." The film, highlighting the performance art career and unique upbringing of Stephanie and her twin sister and co-filmmaker Suzanne, has screened with acclaim at the UrbanWorld Film Festival in 2025, and in 2026, at the Atlanta Short Film Festival, where it was awarded Best Documentary. The short film screened at the 2026 Big Apple Film Festival First Time Writers and Directors Showcase and will be screened at the 2026 Diversity in Cannes Short Film Showcase in Cannes, France, and as an official selection of the 2026 San Francisco Black Film Festival. Stephanie also creates content for TV, digital, and the stage. Awarded a development deal by Universal Kids network, she consulted on their brand re-launch and created original pre-school music series concepts. With her twin sister Suzanne Y. Jones, she developed series pitches for Sprout, Disney Interactive Studios, Sesame Workshop/HBO, Thirteen/WNET, and TIME Studios. As a producer for film and television, Stephanie has worked on production teams for director Spike Lee and kids' network Nickelodeon (Daytime Emmy nomination, best preschool show). Stephanie developed docuseries for Happy Owl Media and co-created the family lifestyle segment Brooklyn Love with Jiji Jones, showing the "new Brooklyn" from a kid's POV, for Brooklyn’s digital TV network BRIC TV. Also a songwriter, Stephanie and her twin Suzanne have co-created songs for legendary music producer Malcolm MacLaren (Charm School) and musicals with composer/poet Janice Lowe ("Lil Budda", Eugene O'Neill National Musical Theatre Conference, National Alliance of Musical Theatre Festival, Dixon Place Festival of New Musicals). She got her start performing with her twin as The Jones Twins, creating their critically acclaimed autobiographical musical play "The Jones Twins Do Bebop Muzak" presented at The New York Shakespeare Festival/Public Theatre, Aaron Davis Hall, Dixon Place, and the Smithsonian Institute's National African American Museum Project. Stephanie is a graduate of Howard University and has an MFA from NYU Tisch School of the Arts’ Graduate Music Theatre Writing Program.
