The Doorpost
GUEST: Jason Jones
Is learning how to raise money and distribute your independent film worth 30 minutes to you? Then check out this episode of The Doorpost Podcast Project with Jason Jones!
BIO:
Jason Scott Jones is a film producer, author, activist, and human rights worker. Jones was a producer on the 2006 film, Bella, which won several film industry awards, most notably the People’s Choice Award at the 2006 Toronto International Film Festival. Jason was the associate producer of the 2008 film, The Stoning of Soraya M., which won the NAACP Image Award in 2010 as well as the Los Angeles Film Festival Audience Award in 2009. His short films include Eyes to See (2010) and Crescendo (2011).
He was producer of the 2012 TV movie, Mother Marianne: Portrait of a Saint. He works directly to aid the homeless, peoples facing genocide, and women with crisis pregnancies.
He is president of Movie to Movement and the Human Rights Education Organization (H.E.R.O.). He lives in Hawaii. The Race to Save Our Century is his first book.
FAVORITE QUOTE:
“You don’t need talent to hustle.”
BIG BREAK:
Meeting Eduardo Verastegui in Mexico City and being able to work with him on the movie, Bella.
PAST REGRET:
Passing on a film based on his employee’s recommendation without watching it himself first. It turned out to be one of the most beautiful films he had ever seen.
SUCCESS HABITS:
He is tenacious. He really wants to succeed, so he gives 110% to his projects.
RECOMMENDED RESOURCES:
Antifrigile by Nassim Nicholas Taleb
Inside the Actor’s Studio with Dave Chappelle
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