# Jason Mann

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{{short description|American film director and screenwriter}}
{{Infobox person
| name               = Jason Mann
| birth_date         = 
| birth_place        = [United States](/source/United_States)
| citizenship        = 
| education          = [Loyola Marymount University](/source/Loyola_Marymount_University), [Columbia University School of the Arts](/source/Columbia_University_School_of_the_Arts)
| occupation         = [Film director](/source/Film_director), [screenwriter](/source/screenwriter)
| known_for          = ''[Project Greenlight](/source/Project_Greenlight)''
| notable_works      = ''[The Leisure Class](/source/The_Leisure_Class)''
| image              = FilmStills-115.jpg
}}

'''Jason Mann''' is an [American](/source/Americans) film director and screenwriter. In November 2014 it was announced that Mann had won ''[Project Greenlight](/source/Project_Greenlight)'s'' season 4 contest and would direct ''[The Leisure Class](/source/The_Leisure_Class)'' for [HBO](/source/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](/source/Burlingame_High_School_(California)) in [Burlingame, California](/source/Burlingame%2C_California). Mann received an MFA in Film Directing from [Columbia University School of the Arts](/source/Columbia_University_School_of_the_Arts) and a BA in Film Production from [Loyola Marymount University](/source/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](/source/Austin_Film_Festival), [Telluride](/source/Telluride_Film_Festival), and [Tribeca](/source/Tribeca_Film_Festival) film festivals in 2012 and 2013.<ref name="variety1114" /> Another short film, ''The Leisure Class'', premiered at the [Raindance Film Festival](/source/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](/source/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>

==References==
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==External links==
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