Jason Ning

Jason Ning
Born
Albuquerque, New Mexico, United States
Education
Occupations
  • Television writer
  • showrunner
  • director
  • producer
  • attorney
Writing career
Years active2005–present

Jason Ning is a screenwriter, showrunner, producer, and former attorney best known for his extensive work on Lucifer, Perception, and the 2008 90210 reboot. He recently renewed his overall production deal with Sony Pictures Television in 2023, and is adapting Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon and the other four novels in Wang Dulu’s Crane Iron Pentalogy into a television series.

Career

Ning grew up in Albuquerque, New Mexico, before moving to Texas where he earned a Bachelor of Arts in Political Science and a Juris Doctor from Southern Methodist University in Dallas, Texas. He began his legal career as an entertainment attorney for DreamWorks SKG before moving to Sony Pictures Entertainment, and then transitioned to a career in screenwriting.

Ning has written, produced, executive-produced, and developed pilots, television show episodes, and TV movies for several major television networks. Currently a mentor in writer fellowship organization CAPE (Coalition of Asian Pacifics in Entertainment), Ning will also be adapting novel series War Arts Saga into a television series.

Personal life

Ning lives in Santa Monica, California with his wife and two children.

Writing credits

Year Title Notes Ref
2005–2007 Crossing Jordan
  • Season 5: "A Man in Blue", "Blame Game"
  • Season 6: "Night of the Living Dead", "In Sickness & In Health"
  • Also: Exec. Story Editor for 17 Episodes
2008 Burn Notice
  • Season 2: "Comrades"
  • Also: Exec. Story Editor for 3 Episodes
2008–2009 90210
  • Season 1: "Model Behavior", "Help Me, Rhonda"
  • Also: Exec. Story Editor for 20 Episodes
2012 Blowing Sunshine
  • NBCUniversal-commissioned scripted drama pilot (for premium network Bravo's move to include scripted programming in its schedule) centering on the staff and patients at a private rehab center that was not picked up.
  • Also: Executive Producer
2012 Legacy
  • Fox-commissioned pilot about cop families on the two sides of the U.S.-Mexico border that was not picked up.
  • Also: Executive Producer
2012–2015 Perception
  • Season 1: "The Messenger", "Lovesick"
  • Season 2: "Ch-Ch-Changes", "Curveball"
  • Season 3: "Painless", "Brainstorm"
  • Also: Supervising Producer, Producer, or Co-Producer for 37 Episodes
2014 Killer Women
  • Season 1: "Warrior"
  • Also: Supervising Producer for 7 Episodes
2015 The Mysteries of Laura
  • Season 1: "The Mystery of the Exsanguinated Ex"
2016 The Expanse
  • Season 1: "Rock Bottom"
  • Also: Supervising Producer for 10 Episodes
2016–2021 Lucifer
  • Season 1: "The Would-Be Prince of Darkness", "Favorite Son"
  • Season 2: "Weaponizer", "God Johnson"
  • Season 3: "What Would Lucifer Do?", "City of Angels?", "My Brother's Keeper", "The Angel of San Bernardino"
  • Season 4: "O, Ye of Little Faith, Father", "Super Bad Boyfriend"
  • Season 5: "Really Sad Devil Guy", "Is This Really How It's Going To End?!"
  • Also: Executive Producer, Co-Executive Producer, or Supervising Producer for 66 Episodes
2019 Always a Witch
  • Season 1: "Ouija", "The Ritual of Forgetting"
2020 Escape
  • NBC-commissioned Action-Thriller Drama Pilot later adapted into a TV Movie.
  • Also: Executive Producer
2022 Silk: Spider Society
2023 Mrs. Davis
  • Season 1: "A Great Place to Drink to Gain Control of Your Drink", "Great Gatsby 2001: A Space Odyssey"
  • Also: Co-Executive Producer for 7 Episodes
2024 The Brothers Sun
  • Season 1: "Gymkata"
  • Also: Co-Executive Producer for 8 Episodes
2026–present S.W.A.T. Exiles
  • Season 1: "Clean Entry", "Molotov Cocktail Attire", "Hard Exit"
  • Also: Co-Executive Producer and Showrunner
Upcoming Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon
War Arts Saga

References

  1. 1 2 Andreeva, Nellie (January 10, 2023). "'Silk' Co-EP Jason Ning Developing 'Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon' Series Adaptation As He Inks Overall Deal With Sony Pictures Television". Deadline. Archived from the original on April 25, 2025. Retrieved May 29, 2025.
  2. 1 2 Schneider, Michael (May 19, 2025). "'S.W.A.T.' Lives: Shemar Moore to Star in Spinoff 'S.W.A.T. Exiles,' Ordered to Series by Sony With Showrunner Jason Ning". Archived from the original on May 28, 2025. Retrieved May 29, 2025.
  3. 1 2 3 "Beyond the Cradle 2024 Speakers". MIT Media Lab.
  4. ↑ Complex, Valerie (October 16, 2023). "CAPE New Writers Fellowship Announces Class Of 2023". Deadline. Archived from the original on October 22, 2023. Retrieved September 11, 2025.
  5. 1 2 Andreeva, Nellie (March 2, 2021). "Wesley Chu's 'War Arts Saga' Martial Arts Fantasy Novels To Get TV Series Adaptation By Jason Ning, Uta Briesewitz, Original Film & Sony TV".
  6. ↑ Andreeva, Nellie (April 4, 2012). "Bravo Announces 11 New Unscripted Series And Two Scripted Projects In Development". Deadline. Archived from the original on October 23, 2022. Retrieved September 11, 2025.
  7. ↑ Siegel, Tatiana (April 4, 2012). "Bravo moves on scripted projects". Variety. Archived from the original on October 1, 2022. Retrieved September 11, 2025.
  8. ↑ Andreeva, Nellie (December 10, 2012). "Boardwalk TV Sets Slate With 7 Projects In Broadcast, Cable". Deadline. Archived from the original on October 23, 2022. Retrieved September 11, 2025.
  9. ↑ Crumlish, Callum (September 2, 2019). "Lucifer season 5 spoilers: 'He will be broken' Script reveals fate". Express.co.uk.
  10. ↑ Andreeva, Nellie (November 22, 2019). "Action Drama 'Escape' Based On Russian Format In Works At NBC From 'Lucifer' EP & Intrigue". Deadline. Archived from the original on June 5, 2024. Retrieved September 1, 2025.
  11. ↑ Goldberg, Lesley (May 16, 2024). "Marvel's 'Silk: Spider Society' Dead at Amazon". Archived from the original on May 16, 2024. Retrieved May 29, 2025.
  12. ↑ "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon series in development at Amazon Prime Video". AV Club. Archived from the original on April 16, 2025. Retrieved May 29, 2025.
  13. ↑ "Join 'The Brothers Sun' for Some Family Fun, Action and Crime". Netflix Tudum.