60 Minutes With Jason Roberts (AD for Michael Bay, Alexander Payne, Angelina Jolie)
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Producer (over 100 feature films & television shows)
Jason Roberts is a DGA Assistant Director with over 30 years of experience, who has FIVE movies opening up this year alone including; Downsizing (Directed by Alexander Payne starring Matt Damon, Kristen Wiig and Christoph Waltz), Ghost In The Shell (Directed by Rupert Sanders starring Scarlett Johansson), American Made (Directed by Doug Liman, starring Tom Cruise), Transformers 5: The Last Knight (Directed by Michael Bay, starring Mark Wahlberg and Anthony Hopkins) and First They Killed My Father (Directed by Angelina Jolie). Over the years Jason has worked on a myriad of different kinds of projects. Some of the notable bigger budget films have been: Heat, Saving Private Ryan, 2Fast 2Furious, Collateral, Team America, Almost Famous, Mission Impossible 4: Ghost Protocol and Jurassic World amongst others. Jason has also worked in the independent community on such notable films as: The Call, No Good Deed, The Good Doctor, Shrink, The Pool, Fun Size and Killing Zoe. Jason has hand a hand in several TV series ranging from: The original Melrose Place, Baywatch to Party of Five, and more recently: Better Off Ted, Dexter, Chicago Fire, Criminal Minds Suspect Behavior, Gang Related and Empire. Jason has five movies opening up this year (2017): Ghost In The Shell, Downsizing, American Made, Transformers 5 The Last Knight and First They Killed My Father. Currently Jason is working with Seth MacFarlane on his new TV series for Fox called Orville. Jason was born and raised in Los Angeles. He started his career working with and being an assistant to: John Ritter, Jamie Lee Curtis, Richard Donner, Joel Silver and Ian Bryce. He worked as a PA on several movies and was accepted into the DGA Trainee Program in the class of 1993. He’s been a member of the Directors Guild since 1995. Jason has taught a variety of seminars in film production and working with background for: Central Casting, Chapman University, UCLA and USC. He is looking forward to sharing his many years of knowledge and expertise in the field of Production. Full Bio »
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PRAISE FOR JASON'S TEACHINGS:
"Jason's webinar was fantastic. I really enjoyed it. That's why he's where he is today."
"Just chiming in to say what a great job Jason did."
"Always a pleasure to hear passionate committed professionals discuss their work."
"Major bonus points that he so clearly "pays it forward" by encouraging and providing guidance and apprenticeship to up'n comers."
"Jason was and is wonderfully inspiring!"
What You'll Learn
Stage 32 is excited to have locked in one of the top DGA Assistant Directors working in the industry today to do an exclusive Q&A with the Stage 32 community!
We brought in Jason Roberts, legendary AD, who has FIVE movies opening up this year alone including; Downsizing (Directed by Alexander Payne starring Matt Damon, Kristen Wiig and Christoph Waltz), Ghost In The Shell (Directed by Rupert Sanders starring Scarlett Johansson), American Made (Directed by Doug Liman, starring Tom Cruise), Transformers 5: The Last Knight (Directed by Michael Bay, starring Mark Wahlberg and Anthony Hopkins) and First They Killed My Father (Directed by Angelina Jolie).
In this 60 minute Q&A session, Jason was live at the Stage 32 office to talk about the state of the industry and the importance of having a good AD running your set. PLUS he took questions from you, the Stage 32 community!
Q&A with Jason
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Jason Roberts
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Testimonials
"Jason's webinar was fantastic. I really enjoyed it. That's why he's where he is today."
"Just chiming in to say what a great job Jason did."
"Always a pleasure to hear passionate committed professionals discuss their work."
"Major bonus points that he so clearly "pays it forward" by encouraging and providing guidance and apprenticeship to up'n comers."
"Jason was and is wonderfully inspiring!"
"It was fascinating to hear Jason's perspective from his vast experience!"
"I thought it was great. There's never enough time when someone like Jason is on, but for the limited time we did have, it was well handled and very much appreciated."
"I really appreciate how gracious, authentic and generous Jason was with his time and in how he answered all the questions. He was specific, thoughtful and straightforward."
"Jason was extremely helpful, a great orator, and very pleasant. It was wonderful to hear him speak and participate!"
"Hope to see Jason again!"
"It was great hearing about his personal experience and tips, and think there are a few pointers (especially with his personal philosophy) I can definitely apply moving ahead!"
"Very informative. Thanks. It's interesting to get the AD's perspective."
"I thought it went great!"
"I was very inspired."
"It was extremely helpful to understand more about the inner workings of the industry, Jason's process and story, the importance of mentorship, and understanding more about different positions and their importance on set."
"First of it's kind for me in the 'behind the scene' look at his life in the business.. Quite fascinating. I'm sure he has many many stories to tell. Boy, that was a fast hour."
"I really enjoyed hearing insight and answers from a working professional."
"Fantastic!"
"Even though directing isn't really my department, it was such a pleasure to hear the wonderful stories Jason has, and he has really provided me with some great insight even from a production point of view."
"For me as a Director in Colombia, understanding and hearing about how movies are made in the states really give me the approach to get closer to the dream of working with big studios in USA"
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