Jason Reitman

Jason Reitman at the Toronto International Film Festival (2009)

Jason Reitman (born October 19, 1977 in Montreal ) is a Canadian film director , screenwriter and film producer .

life and career

Ivan Reitman's son gained his first experience in the film business with small roles in his father's films. Jason Reitman attended Harvard-Westlake School and the University of Southern California . In 1998 he made his first short film, Operation . The award-winning short films In God We Trust (2000) and Consent (2004) followed later .

In 2005 Reitman made his feature film debut with Thank You for Smoking . The satire earned him the National Board of Review's Best Directorial Debut award in 2006 . In 2007, the drama he directed Juno with Ellen Page and Jennifer Garner in the leading roles was released, for which he was nominated for an Oscar in the category of best director .

Reitman's third feature film, Up in the Air , premiered in September 2009 at the Toronto Film Festival . The tragic comedy about a staunch single and airline miles collector (played by George Clooney ), who is employed as a successful employee of a consulting firm, was awarded the 2009 National Board of Review award. Reitman and co- writer Sheldon Turner also received the Golden Globe Award and the British Academy Film Award for the script . Reitman has also received Oscar nominations in the categories of film , directing, and adapted screenplay .

Filmography (selection)

As a director

• 2005: Thank You for Smoking
• 2007: Juno
• 2009: Up in the Air
• 2011: Young Adult
• 2013: Labor Day
• 2014: #Zeitgeist (Men, Women & Children)
• 2015–2017: Casual (TV series, 6 episodes)
• 2018: Tully
• 2018: The leading candidate (The Front Runner)
• 2021: Ghostbusters: Legacy (Ghostbusters: Afterlife)

As a screenwriter

• 2005: Thank You for Smoking
• 2009: Up in the Air
• 2013: Labor Day
• 2014: #Zeitgeist (Men, Women & Children)
• 2018: The leading candidate (The Front Runner)
• 2021: Ghostbusters: Legacy (Ghostbusters: Afterlife)

As a producer

• 2009: Up in the Air
• 2009: Jennifer's Body - boys to their liking (Jennifer's Body)
• 2011: Jeff Who Lives at Home (Jeff, Who Lives at Home)
• 2013: Labor Day
• 2014: #Zeitgeist (Men, Women & Children)
• 2018: Tully
• 2018: The leading candidate (The Front Runner)

Web links

Commons : Jason Reitman  - Collection of Images, Videos and Audio Files

• Jason Reitman at the Internet Movie Database (English)
• "Fuck, Clooney is there, I can't screw it up!" , Interview with Jason Reitman, Constantin Magnis, Cicero (magazine)

Individual evidence

1. ^ Dieter Osswald: Subway . Ed .: Olaf Stelter, Christian Göttner. No. 267 . Subway Medien GmbH, Braunschweig February 2010, film tips, p. 38 ( subwaymedien.de ). Subway ( Memento of the original from July 1, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.