Jason Kessler recently earned his Screenwriting MFA from UT Austin where he was the recipient of the Robert Foshko Prize in Screenwriting. His feature script “Escher” won 1st place in the 2017 Slamdance Film Festival Screenplay Competition feature category, his feature script “Up in Flames” won 1st place in the 2014 Las Vegas Film Festival Screenplay Contest and his feature script “Pitigliano” was a semifinalist in the 2016 Austin Film Festival Screenplay Contest. Before film school Jason wrote, directed, and produced the “Over Thinker” web series, as well as other short form video content. Jason previously spent several years as a lawyer in advertising and entertainment. He graduated from Princeton University where he studied psychology and computer science, and he earned his law degree from Columbia Law School.
Washington D.C. Independent Film Festival
