Jeremy Ray Burchard is a writer, director, actor, and musician based in Nashville, TN. He graduated from the University of Texas at Austin with degrees in Radio-Television-Film and Rhetoric & Writing. He later continued his education at the University of California – Los Angeles (Television Writing Professional Program) and is currently working towards his Masters in Media Producing from New York University.

Burchard spent more than 10 years as a music journalist and magazine associate editor while running the low-budget production company Jeremy Burchard Creative and touring as one-half of the pop rock duo Moonlight Social. In 2020, Jeremy Burchard and his brother and co-founder Jason Burchard launched content creator software startup RootNote, where Jeremy served as Chief Creative Officer, including as part of a 2023 cohort in the Techstars accelerator. As a content creator and micro-influencer, Jeremy has worked with more than 75 brands and created content reaching tens of millions of people. 

In 2026, Jeremy founded Happy Unicorn Productions in order to foster creative development of narrative projects in the greater Nashville area and beyond. His first pilot script Greg’s Dojo has garnered numerous accolades and recognition from festivals and competitions across the globe, including in the UCLA Professional Programs screenwriting competition (honorable mention), Best TV Pilot at the Tokyo Film and Screenplay Awards, and Best Comedy Screenplay at the Hollywood International Indie Screenplay Awards.