Jason Keller (born December 12, 1968) is an American playwright and screenwriter. He has also been credited under the anagram pen name of Arnell Jesko. He is a New Harmony Writing Fellowship recipient, a two-time Bronx New Voices nominee, a Satellite Award nominee for Best Original Screenplay, an Oglethorpe Award nominee, and the recipient of an IFJA Hoosier Award.
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Career
Keller is the creator and showrunner of the Apple TV+ original series Stick, a half-hour, single-camera comedy that premiered on June 4, 2025. It stars Owen Wilson, Marc Maron, Mariana Treviño, Peter Dagar, Lilli Kay, Judy Greer, and Timothy Olyphant. On June 23, 2025, Apple TV+ announced that it had renewed Stick for a second season. Production on the show began in October 2025.
Keller also wrote Ford v. Ferrari, which was directed by James Mangold and starred Matt Damon and Christian Bale. The movie was released in November 2019 by 20th Century Fox. It was nominated for four Academy Awards, including Best Picture.
Early career
Keller began his screenwriting career by writing Marc Forster's film Machine Gun Preacher, which was released by Relativity Media in 2011. Keller went on to write Tarsem Singh's film Mirror Mirror, starring Julia Roberts, as well as Mikael Håfström's 2013 action film Escape Plan, starring Arnold Schwarzenegger and Sylvester Stallone. He is also the executive producer of the fifth movie in the Die Hard franchise, A Good Day to Die Hard, starring Bruce Willis.
