Lavinia Jones Wright’s work as a producer, performer and director lives in the intersection of film and music. As a producer, Lavinia has worked on feature films, short format narrative and documentary, commercials, music videos and branded content, both freelance, and through her relationships with production companies like Maris Jones Studio, Citizen Skull Productions, Our Secret Handshake, Cash Studios and 1030 Productions / A La Fresca / 40 Love. She is a co-founder of the female-led production company I Play Different Productions.
Lavinia’s background in the music industry gives her unique insight as a producer on music-based projects. She has produced and directed music videos, sets and live event projects for music artists such as Chappell Roan, Nathaniel Rateliff, Bon Iver, The Rolling Stones, Phoebe Bridgers, Allison Ponthier and The Mynabirds.
She has several music-based documentaries and narrative features in development, including LIVE AT THE DEAF CLUB (doc) - the story of an unlikely partnership between punk musicians and the deaf community in 1970s San Francisco, TOO GOOD TO LAST (doc) - the story of seminal punk label Ork Records, I PLAY DIFFERENT, a wide-ranging documentary and narrative project about women and guitars, ANT TRAPEZOID (narrative) - a rock and roll horror about two groupies who kill unworthy rock stars, and THE MAGIC WITHIN (narrative) - a musical adventure comedy about a band that loses their magic guitar. She is also currently producing THE SQUAD - a documentary short about a medical mystery affecting a group of teen girls, and directing her first film, LOVE ALL ALICES, a hybrid documentary about the legendary acting teacher Alice Spivak.
With director Taylor McFadden, Lavinia produced the feature-length narrative film LOVERS - a story about grief and connection in the music community starring Angela Trimbur and Amelia Meath (Sylvan Esso) - which premiered at Denver Film Festival in November 2024.
With director Alex Steyermark, Lavinia traveled America cutting 78rpm records, producing and writing for the acclaimed The 78 Project Movie (World Premiere, SXSW Film Festival 2014) and The 78 Project web series (Cannes Cross Media Corner 2013).
With her sister, director Maris Jones, Lavinia co-created The Jones Family Retro Show, a live rock and roll comedy and variety show at the Knitting Factory in Brooklyn that Gothamist called one of the “Best Things to Do in NYC.” Together, the Jones sisters are actively producing art forward film, video and design projects, and developing a web series and feature film.
As an actor, Lavinia can be seen in The Affair on Showtime and most recently In The Heights, as well as in numerous other TV, film, theater and web projects. She is on the board of Alice Spivak’s OnTheRoad Rep theater company, and recently starred in OTR’s productions of Gruesome Playground Injuries and Lou Gherig Did Not Die of Cancer.
As a journalist, Lavinia has contributed to The Oxford American, Billboard, SPIN, Harp and Crawdaddy!, and previously wrote and edited for ASCAP’s Playback magazine, website and music industry award shows.