Jason Kliot (born 1963) is an American independent film producer based in New York. Kliot emerged with the American indie wave of the 1990s, producing alongside his wife and business partner

Joana Vicente Joana Vicente is a Portuguese independent movie producer and executive. A prominent figure in the New York film industry, Vicente has produced over forty films with her producing partner and husband Jason Kliot. In 1999 Vicente and Kliot produc ...

. In 1995 Kliot and Vicente associate produced

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's feature debut, ''

Welcome to the Dollhouse ''Welcome to the Dollhouse'' is a 1995 American coming-of-age black comedy film written and directed by Todd Solondz. An independent film, it won the Grand Jury Prize at the 1996 Sundance Film Festival and launched the careers of Solondz and H ...

'', which won the

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Grand Jury Prize. He also produced '' Chocolate Babies'' (1997) In 2010 Kliot was a jury member at the

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Open City Films

Kliot and Vicente are co-founders and presidents of Open City Films, a production company of feature films and documentaries including ''

Three Seasons ''Three Seasons'' ( Vietnamese title: ''Ba Mùa'') is a 1999 film, shot in Vietnam, about the past, present, and future of Ho Chi Minh City in the early days of Doi Moi. It is a poetic film that tries to paint a picture of the urban culture un ...

'', '' Enron: The Smartest Guys in the Room'', ''

Coffee and Cigarettes ''Coffee and Cigarettes'' is a 2003 independent anthology film written and directed by Jim Jarmusch. The film consists of eleven short stories which includes the earlier three short films; themes are often comedic and depressed, share coffee a ...

'', '' Redacted'', ''

The Assassination of Richard Nixon ''The Assassination of Richard Nixon'' is a 2004 drama film directed by Niels Mueller and starring Sean Penn, Don Cheadle, Jack Thompson and Naomi Watts. It is based on the story of would-be assassin Samuel Byck, who plotted to kill Richard Ni ...

'', ''

'' and ''Awake''. Their films have won four

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. '' Enron: The Smartest Guys in the Room,'' was a nominee for Best Documentary Picture at the

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in 2008.

Blow Up Pictures

In 1998, Kliot and Vicente founded Blow Up Pictures, the first digital production company in the United States. Their first film, ''

Chuck & Buck ''Chuck & Buck'' is a 2000 American black comedy drama film directed by Miguel Arteta and produced by Matthew Greenfield. It was written by and starred Mike White in the leading role. Arteta, Greenfield, and White met and first collaborated at ...

'', premiered at the

and was nominated for five

in 2001.

HDNet Films

In 2003, Kliot and Vicente co-founded HDNet Films with

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and

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. The company produced 18 films in five years, all shot on digital video, including

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's film ''Bubble''. Films produced under HDNet include Academy-Award nominated '' Enron: The Smartest Guys in the Room'', and ''Redacted'', which won the

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at the 2007

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Awards and nominations

* 2007 " Made in NY" Award, conferred by Mayor

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and the New York Office of Film, Television, and Broadcasting * 2006 Academy-Award nomination, Best Feature Length Documentary for '' Enron: The Smartest Guys in the Room'' * 2000

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nomination, Best First Feature for ''

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Kliot, Jason 1963 births Film producers from New York (state) Living people Amherst College alumni