director • actor • writer
Current Projects
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REVERIE
ACTOR, CO-WRITER & CO-DIRECTOR
True love never dies. A short film entered into the Disability Film Challenge contest for 2023. Created with Justin Jackerson.
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The Laramie Project
DIRECTOR & ACTOR
Produced by Deaf Austin Theatre & Hypernovas Productions, this production will be shown in American Sign Language in Ground Floor Theatre in Austin, Texas.
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SESAME STREET
DIRECTOR, EDITOR & DIRECTOR OF PHOTOGRAPHY
Directed a series of Sesame Street Videos interpreted and performed in American Sign Language. Won Gold Winner Series: Online at the Telly Awards.
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Deaf President Now
DIRECTOR & WRITER
The story of the real-life 1988 protests at all-deaf Gallaudet University that became a watershed moment for the deaf community in the U.S. is being turned into a feature film.
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Gone With the Fire
DIRECTOR
After tragedy, a young girl falls for a boy from a powerful political dynasty. But the opposition that's current, and secrets they hold in the past threaten to destroy them and unravel the city of New Orleans. An upcoming feature film.
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What is Emily Drawing?
CO-DIRECTOR & CO-WRITER
Through a theatrical workshop, a glimpse on how access to language helps the brain grow. Throughout the story we see the perspective of a child with language deprivation.
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100 Years of Darkness
DIRECTOR & LEAD ACTOR
A story about a group of deaf students in the 1880s who are forced into cruel experiments to “cure” them of their Deaf language and culture. Historical fiction.
Jules Dameron (he/him) is an award-winning Los Angeles-based director, actor, and writer. Jules is deaf, trans, and gay, and works with both deaf and hearing actors. Jules graduated from Gallaudet University with a BA in TV/Cinema and then obtained an MFA in Film Production/Directing at one of the leading film schools in the world, the University of Southern California. Shifting between both deaf and hearing cultures, Jules has a strong insight into how the deaf community has a different way of sharing information. Mediating between two cultures has helped Jules harness a directing style and vision that is unique and unparalleled.