- His Miss Sloane (2016). script was discovered from a query letter by the writer's manager in Spring 2014, and further developed and exposed to the market in early 2015. The screenwriter was living in Asia at the time and was attempting to solicit industry reps over the Internet. In less than one year, the spec script was acquired, attracted an Oscar-nominated director and actress, procured financing and distribution, and was put on a progress-to-production track.
- Miss Sloane (2016) was the first screenplay he has ever written. He started writing it when he was 30-years-old while living in Asia and it was produced only 2 years later.
- Is of Portuguese descent.
- Jonathan Perera was the only writer to work on the script for "Miss Sloane", his first screenplay, which is a rarity in the movie industry that often has several writers do credited or uncredited rewrite work on a script in order to get the film produced.
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