Jason James
Producer

Jason got his start working at Haddock Entertainment as an Associate Producer on the critically acclaimed TV crime drama Da Vinci's Inquest (IV, V, VI, and VII). He then went on to create/produce his own TV series for the CBC entitled This Space For Rent. Jason also produced Carl Bessai's feature film, Unnatural & Accidental, which premiered at the MoMA in New York City and played the 2006 Toronto and Vancouver International Film Festivals.

Jason also directed a commercial for The David Suzuki Foundation as well as produced a short film for the CBC Signature Shorts program, Rugged Rich and the Ona Ona. He also wrote, produced, and directed Light Rapid Transit, a short film that was awarded the prestigious KickStart grant through the DGC and BC Film. Light Rapid Transit premiered at the 2003 Vancouver Film Festival and has screened at several film festivals around the world including the prestigious 2004 Clermont-Ferrand Film Festival in France. Jason also produced and directed two music videos for rock bands The Smugglers and Mount Pleasant. These videos were produced in co-operation with VideoFACT and aired on Much Music.

Jason has previously been invited to attend the 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.