Finalist, Roadmap Writers Short Script Lab 2026
BIO
JON AYON is a writer/director from Oakland, CA, by way of Northeast LA, where he was born and raised. As a Mestizo [Comcáac//Nahua-Salvadoreño//Xicano] son of Mexican and Salvadoran immigrants, Ayon is a native Spanish speaker. He earned his bachelor's degree in cinema with honors from San Francisco State University and his MFA in documentary from Stanford University. Ayon's work often focuses on the hybridizations and ruptures of ancestral and modern cultures that shape urban Mestizo families, representing a large percentage of immigrant households in North America. His films have won support from Full Frame, the Annenberg Foundation, NewFilmmakers LA, SFFilm, Northstar Fellowship, IDA, and the Berkeley Film Foundation. As a first-gen filmmaker, jon ayon is proudly devoted to telling immigrant stories in an anti-immigrant world.