Jay Manari is an independent director-writer-producer, who started out working on independent films and commercials both in Europe (Italy) and in the U.S (California - LA & New York) back in 2014 where he worked with LA producers, such as Ed Polgardy, and, in the last years, in the UK, with series producer Jon Jennings, assisting directors like Ben Taylor (known for ‘Sex Education’) and Amanda Brotchie (known for ‘Gentleman Jack’). Since 2018, Jay is the founder of MiraBan, an arts & entertainment company focused on film festival promotion, and online funding and distribution courses. In 2018, Jay launched the ever-growing MiraBan UK Film Awards, a London-based, and diversity-driven film independent film festival, member of BFI and Film Hub London, celebrating diversity in low-budget art-house films. In the last five years, Jay has been working both as a producer's assistant and director's assistant in London-based High-end TV Dramas (such as 'Renegade Nell' by Disney Plus), as well as producing his own independent film productions available on multiple online distribution platforms.