Jason Mann is an American film director and screenwriter. In November 2014 it was announced that Mann had won ''

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's'' season 4 contest and would direct '' The Leisure Class'' for HBO.

Personal life

Jason Mann grew up in San Mateo County, and attended

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. Mann received an MFA in Film Directing from

Columbia University School of the Arts The Columbia University School of the Arts, (also known as School of the Arts or SoA) is the fine arts graduate school of Columbia University in Morningside Heights, New York. It offers Master of Fine Arts (MFA) degrees in Film, Visual Arts, The ...

and a BA in Film Production from

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Professional life

Mann's short film ''Delicacy'' premiered at the Austin, Telluride, and

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film festivals in 2012 and 2013. Another short film, ''The Leisure Class'', premiered at the

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in 2013. In November 2014, it was announced that Mann had won, with his short film ''Delicacy'', ''Project Greenlight's'' season 4 contest to direct a film for HBO. At the time, Mann was in his fourth-year at the Columbia University School of the Arts. Originally the contest winner was going to direct ''Not A Pretty Woman'', a broad comedy screenplay. However, after Mann shared the script for a full-length version of a short film he had written, it was decided he would instead direct that script, '' The Leisure Class'', a film that received universally negative reviews.

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* * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Mann, Jason Living people American screenwriters American film directors American film producers American cinematographers Date of birth missing (living people) Columbia University School of the Arts alumni Loyola Marymount University alumni Year of birth missing (living people)