Cameron Washington
Leroy Jones is a trumpet virtuoso and consummate New Orleanian. He’s a musician’s musician with a sound like no other. And this year, the Fort Myers Film Festival will open up with a documentary that delves into Jones’ life and unique sound. Directed by Cameron Washington, A Man and His Trumpet: The Leroy Jones Story screens tomorrow night at the Sidney & Berne Davis Art Center.
Cameron 
Washington is a writer/director/producer and musician based in San Francisco. Washington’s first feature film, High School Ripped Me A New One, screened at film festivals across the U.S. and won “Best Comedy” from the Spaghetti Junction Film Festival.
Moving his focus to doc-style shooting, Washington became the historical filmmaker archivist filming Senators Kamala Harris’ winning run for Senate.
Most recently Washington spent 2 years visiting New Orleans to make the feature documentary film A Man And His Trumpet: The Leroy Jones Story, which follows trumpeter Leroy Jones from the projects in the 7th ward to leading the Brass Band revival of the 70’s to touring the globe with Harry Connick Jr.
He also wrote, directed and produced the 2012 short film Sex, Drugs and Jazz.
April 8, 2019.
#BeYou@#FMFF.
About the Author
Tom Hall is both an amateur artist and aspiring novelist who writes art quest thrillers. He is in the final stages of completing his debut novel titled "Art Detective," a story that fictionalizes the discovery of the fabled billion-dollar Impressionist collection of Parisian art dealer Josse Bernheim-Jeune, thought by many to have perished during World War II when the collection's hiding place, Castle de Rastignac in southern France, was destroyed by the Wehrmacht in reprisal for attacks made by members of the Resistance operating in the area. A former tax attorney, Tom holds a bachelor's degree as well as both a juris doctorate and masters of laws in taxation from the University of Florida. Tom lives in Estero, Florida with his fiancee, Connie, and their four cats.