Jason Karman Director, Vancouver BC+1 (604) 329-9099
info@jasonkarman.ca
About
Jason Karman began making films as a documentary video maker and his early films have screened both domestically and internationally including on Logo TV, HBO on Demand, and CBC’s The National. His first narrative, STACEY AND MARY, exhibited at the 2005 Houston Worldfest and won the Silver-Remi for Best Original Comedy Short. Jason’s documentary, STATE OF YO, was the National Portrait Winner at Montreal’s Cine-Asie National Portrait Contest in 2009. His drama, I’M IN THE MOOD FOR LOVE, won the Gerry Brunet Memorial Award at the 2011 Vancouver Queer Film Festival.
He has served on the film festival jury at the Vancouver Asian Film Festival, Vancouver Queer Film Festival and the Media Arts Jury at British Columbia Arts Council.
Selected Awards & Achievements
Gerry Brunet Memorial Award, Vancouver Queer Film Festival (2011)
BC Arts Council Recipient – Project Assistance for Media Artists program (2010)
Cineworks Production Fund Recipient (2009)
Prize Winner (State of Yo), Kitsilano Film Festival (2009)
National Award Winner (State of Yo), Cine-Asie National Portrait Contest (2009)
Guest Judge, Mighty Asian Moviemaking Marathon, Vancouver Asian Film Festival (2009)
NFB Short Film Award – Runner-up (State of Yo), Vancouver Asian Film Festival (2008)
Guest Judge, Gerry Brunet Memorial Award Jury, Vancouver Queer Film Festival (2008)
Board of Director Member, Cineworks, Vancouver Independent Filmmakers Society (2007)
Xtrawest Community Hero Award Nominee, Out in Schools (2005)
Silver Remi Award (Stacey & Mary), Houston Worldfest (2005)
Honorary Distinction – Cinematography, Capilano College (2003)
French Summer Language Bursary, Government of Canada (1996)
Education & training
The Movement is The Message: A 2 Day Dance Film Practicum , Inst: Daniel Conrad (2011)
Short Film Workshop, Vancouver International Film Centre, Inst: Ric Beairsto (2009)
Scene Study Master Class, Larry Moss (2007)
Writing a Feature Film Script, Langara College, Inst: Ty Haller (2007)
Acting Vancouver, Steven Holmberg (2007)
Directing the Scene, Canadian Screen Training Institute (2005)
Pitcher Perfect Producing Workshop, Cineworks, Inst: Jan Miller (2005)
Producing 101 – Low Budget Feature Filmmaking, Cineworks, Inst: Marc Stephenson (2005)
Camera/Assistant Production Coordinator – Internship, The Shopping Bags Media Inc./Force Four Productions (2003)
Cinematography for Film and Video (FILM119-01) & BC Film Industry Orientation Program, Capilano College (2003)
Camera Orientation, BC Institute of Film / I.A. # 669 (2002)
Experimental Filmmaking Techniques with Super 8, Calgary Society of Independent Filmmakers (2001)
Introduction to Scene Study, Company of Rogues Acting Studio (2001)
Bachelor of Science, University of Calgary (1999)