---
name: "Jon Dorsey"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/jon-dorsey"
fi1m_id: "jon-dorsey"
imdb_id: "nm8204795"
tmdb_id: 1610866
roles: ["Writer"]
reviewed_on_fi1m: 1
average_as: "writer"
average_over: 1
updated: "2026-09-23T12:07:42.170072+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
---

# Jon Dorsey

## Identity

Jon Dorsey

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/jon-dorsey
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** jon-dorsey
- **IMDb ID:** nm8204795
- **TMDB ID:** 1610866
- **Same entity:** https://www.imdb.com/name/nm8204795/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1610866

Writer.

## Details

- **Work:** Writer
- **Elsewhere:** https://www.imdb.com/name/nm8204795/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1610866

## Streaming the US now

- **Disney+:** [*This Is Us*](https://film.one/tv/this-is-us.md) (76)

For United States; add `?region=XX` for another country.

## Biography

Jon Dorsey is a writer and producer. He began his career in television production before moving into writing, with early credits including production staff on *How to Get Away with Murder* (2015).

Dorsey joined the writers' room on *This Is Us* (2016) as a staff writer, later serving as story editor and executive story editor, and contributed to multiple episodes through 2022. He also wrote episodes of *The Catch* (2016). His original screenplay *The Kings of Cool* appeared on the 2018 Black List.

In 2020, Paramount hired Dorsey to rewrite the screenplay for a feature adaptation of the children's book *Corduroy*. He later wrote for and co-produced the 2024 miniseries *Fight Night: The Million Dollar Heist*.

*Sources: imdb.com, deadline.com, essence.com.*

## On Fi1m (1)

- *This Is Us* (2016), Fi1m 76, Story Editor, Executive Story Editor, Writer, Staff Writer — [page](https://film.one/tv/this-is-us.md)

## Complete filmography (3)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *Fight Night: The Million Dollar Heist* (2024), series, Writer
- *This Is Us* (2016), series, Writer, Staff Writer, Story Editor, Executive Story Editor — Fi1m 76, [page](https://film.one/tv/this-is-us.md)
- *The Catch* (2016), series, Writer

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