Jason Mann

{{short description|American film director and screenwriter}} {{Infobox person | name = Jason Mann | birth_date = | birth_place = United States | citizenship = | education = Loyola Marymount University, Columbia University School of the Arts | occupation = Film director, screenwriter | known_for = ''Project Greenlight'' | notable_works = ''The Leisure Class'' | image = FilmStills-115.jpg }}

'''Jason Mann''' is an American film director and screenwriter. In November 2014 it was announced that Mann had won ''Project Greenlight's'' season 4 contest and would direct ''The Leisure Class'' for HBO.<ref name="variety1114">{{Cite news | title = Ben Affleck on 'Project Greenlight' Revival: We Have Enthusiasm and Commitment | last = Weinstein | first = Shelli | work = Variety | date = November 8, 2014 | accessdate = 2015-09-21 |url=https://variety.com/2014/scene/vpage/ben-affleck-on-project-greenlight-revival-we-have-enthusiasm-and-commitment-1201351199/ }}</ref><ref name="chortle315">{{Cite web | title = Tom Bell shoots HBO comedy | last = Ricahrdson | first = Jay | publisher = Chortle | work = chortle.co.uk | date = March 2, 2015 | accessdate = 2015-09-21 |url=http://www.chortle.co.uk/news/2015/03/02/21949/tom_bell_shoots_hbo_comedy }}</ref>

==Personal life== Jason Mann grew up in San Mateo County, and attended Burlingame High School in Burlingame, California. Mann received an MFA in Film Directing from Columbia University School of the Arts and a BA in Film Production from Loyola Marymount University.<ref name="variety1114" /><ref name="cuschool1114">{{Cite web | title = Current Student Wins Project Greenlight | publisher = Columbia University School of the Arts | work = arts.columbia.edu | date = November 11, 2014 | accessdate = 2015-09-21 | url = http://arts.columbia.edu/film/news/2014/project-greenlight-win | archive-date = 2015-09-30 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20150930113052/http://arts.columbia.edu/film/news/2014/project-greenlight-win | url-status = dead }}</ref>

==Career== Mann's short film ''Delicacy'' premiered at the Austin, Telluride, and Tribeca film festivals in 2012 and 2013.<ref name="variety1114" /> Another short film, ''The Leisure Class'', premiered at the Raindance Film Festival in 2013.<ref name="variety1114" /><ref name="chortle315" />

In November 2014, it was announced that Mann had won, with his short film ''Delicacy'', ''Project Greenlight's'' season 4 contest to direct a film for HBO.<ref name="variety1114" /><ref name="chortle315" /> At the time, Mann was in his fourth-year at the Columbia University School of the Arts.<ref name="cuschool1114" /> Originally the contest winner was going to direct ''Not A Pretty Woman'', a broad comedy screenplay.<ref name="flavorwire91415">{{Cite web | title = 'Project Greenlight' Season 4 Premiere Recap | author = Berman, Judy | work = Flavorwire | date = 14 September 2015 | accessdate = 2015-09-21 |url=http://flavorwire.com/537053/project-greenlight-season-4-premiere-recap }}</ref> However, after Mann shared the script for a full-length version of a short film he had written, it was decided he would instead direct that script, ''The Leisure Class'', which was released on HBO in 2015.<ref name="flavorwire92115">{{Cite web | title = 'Project Greenlight' Season 4 Episode 2 Recap: "Does Jason Fart?" | author = Berman, Judy | work = Flavorwire | date = 21 September 2015 | accessdate = 2015-09-21 |url=http://flavorwire.com/538305/project-greenlight-season-4-episode-2-recap-does-jason-fart }}</ref><ref name="thr815">{{Cite news | title = Matt Damon, Ben Affleck Tout 'Project Greenlight' at L.A. Premiere | author = Phelan, Paige | work = The Hollywood Reporter | date = August 11, 2015 | accessdate = 2015-09-21 |url=http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/live-feed/matt-damon-ben-affleck-tout-814558 }}</ref>

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==External links== *{{IMDb name|2643355}} *{{facebook|JasonMannOfficial}}

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