Jess Winfield was a founding member of the Reduced Shakespeare Company.
He co-created the Laurence Olivier Award-nominated comedy The Complete
Works of William Shakespeare (abridged) and performed in it for many
years, including launching its decade-long run in London's West End.
After leaving the RSC, he spent ten years writing and producing
animated television and won two Daytime Emmy Awards for Disney's
Teacher's Pet. In June 2007 he revised and co-directed The Complete
Works (abridged) in a West End revival at the Arts Theatre. His first
novel, My Name Is Will: A Novel of Sex, Drugs, and Shakespeare will be
released in July, 2008, by Twelve Books. A California native, he is
married and lives in Los Angeles.
A founding member of the Reduced Shakespeare Company. With Adam Long and Daniel Singer, their comedy, The Complete Works of William Shakespeare (Abridged), was nominated for a 1997 Laurence
Olivier Theatre Award for Best Comedy of 1996.
At home in Hollywood, working on his second novel and an adaptation of William Shakespeare's The Tempest for Starz/Film Roman.