Justin Wilson

Justin Wilson (Col ’94) is the writer and co-executive producer of A Slave in the White House, a 12-hour ABC television series about Paul Jennings, a Virginia-born slave who served as personal valet to President James Madison while at the same time working behind the scenes as a subversive anti-slavery activist. Based on Elizabeth Dowling Taylor’s best-selling book A Slave in the White House, the show will chronicle Jennings’ relationship with the Madison family and his journey to procure his own family’s freedom. The series is Mr. Wilson’s first foray into television. His debut feature film, LUV, premiered at the 2012 Sundance Film Festival and earned him and his co-writer, also the film’s director, Sheldon Candis, a 2012 Humanitas Prize nomination.