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Jason Reitman

(1977) Film Director

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Jason Reitman is a film director, best known for The Front Runner [DVD].

Quick Facts About Jason Reitman

Born: October 19, 1977
Profession: Film Director
Notable works: The Front Runner [DVD]

About Jason Reitman

Jason R. Reitman is a Canadian and American filmmaker. He is best known for directing the films Thank You for Smoking (2005), Juno (2007), Up in the Air (2009), Young Adult (2011), Ghostbusters: Afterlife (2021), and Saturday Night (2024). He has received a Grammy Award, a Golden Globe, and four Academy Award nominations, two for Best Director. He is the son of director Ivan Reitman and is known for frequently collaborating with screenwriter Diablo Cody and director Gil Kenan.

Biography source: Wikipedia

Quotes by Jason Reitman

When I write a film, all I think about is where the thing ends and how to get the audience there.

Audience

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I think it's a mistake for young filmmakers to just buy digital equipment and shoot a feature. Make short films first, make…

Cinema

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'Election' is a movie I'd give a leg to cross the director's name out and put mine in.

Cinema

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It’s funny, I can sit through the worst horror film ever made! But even a quite good romantic comedy.

Cinema

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Things like Facebook have made you feel as though you're connected to everybody. You've got a thousand friends on Facebook, but you…

Actually

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It's funny, I can sit through the worst horror film ever made but even a quite good romantic comedy can drive me…

Cinema

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I laugh a lot in horror films. If I'm scared in a horror film, I try to think about what's scaring me...…

Bad

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I used to have a group called Bad-Movie Saturday. Every Saturday, six of us would go see the worst movie that came…

Commentary

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“[With comedy and wanting to make people laugh,] when you're a child, all you want is ANY kind of laugh. You get…

Children

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From the onset of the 'Live-Read' series, we wanted to hit all the major writers and Woody Allen is simply one of…

Ability

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There certainly is no secret in that there are plenty of people who don't like plenty of my movies. Each one of…

Autobiographical

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Creating a wonderful drama is an art form, while comedy is just entertainment.

Art

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Most people see a documentary about the meat industry and then they become a vegetarian for a week.

Documentaries

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Discover how little you know about the people you know.

Knows

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I'm a kind of private guy.

Guy

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Comedy and horror are cousins; they're related. They both come from storytellers who want to specifically affect the audience and elicit specific…

Audience

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My high-school years were so mediocre - I moved out when I was 16 and started living with my girlfriend who was…

Apart

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Everything I've wanted to turn into a film becomes something new and different when it becomes a movie... Each time I work…

Author

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I went to college, I went pre-med, I thought I was going to be a doctor.

College

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My writing voice is very much like 'Thank You for Smoking.' It's a guy's voice. It's very masculine.

Guy

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I'm trying to figure myself out through my movies. Whether it's big stuff like what we're doing here, or little stuff like,…

Character

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I am an obsessive flyer, myself.

Am

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Unlike with any other art form, filmmakers have this unique web of festivals. There are hundreds. It is a democratic system in…

Art

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I remember when I was like 19 years old and I started a desk calendar company to pay for my first short…

Business

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I always believed that you can make challenging films, but they should be fiscally responsible.

Always

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