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Jason James

Director / Producer

JASON JAMES is an award winning filmmaker known for making stylish character driven comedies and dramas. Recent feature films include directing and producing the dark violent comedy ALL NIGHT WRONG (starring Zach Cherry and Maria Bakalova), the indie thriller EXILE (starring Adam Beach and Camille Sullivan), the comedy drama ENTANGLEMENT (starring Thomas Middleditch and Jess Weixler), and the raunchey comedy THAT BURNING FEELING (starring John Cho, Tyler Labine, Emily Hampshire, and Paulo Costanzo). He also co-created and produced the CBC comedy TV series THIS SPACEFOR RENT.

Jason has previously been invited to attend the Film Independent Producer’s Lab, Telefilm/CFC/Just For Laughs Comedy Features Lab, Toronto Film Festival Talent Lab, the Rotterdam Talent Lab, a CTV Fellowship at the Banff Television Festival, the National Screen Institute’s Totally Television Program, and The Academy of Canadian Cinema and Television’s National Director Apprenticeship program.

He lives in Vancouver, BC and when not on set can be found in the forest, a coffeeshop, a record store, a tennis court, or cheering on the side lines of his daughter’s soccer game.