Alston Ramsay is an American journalist, speechwriter, screenwriter, and film producer. He is known for his work as a Pentagon speechwriter in the Bush and Obama administrations and as a screenwriter for critically acclaimed feature films. Ramsay spent a year in Kabul, Afghanistan, on General David Petraeus’ senior staff. He wrote and produced the IFC film Midnighters which holds a certified fresh rating on Rotten Tomatoes. His second film, The Current Occupant, is a tech-noir horror film about the President of the United States. The film was produced by Blumhouse for the Into the Dark anthology series and released on Hulu in July 2020.