Jason Michael Berman is the Vice President of Mandalay Pictures, where he is responsible for structuring financing for Mandalay's slate of independent films, in addition to packaging projects. Jason has produced feature films that have debuted at premiere film festivals around the globe, including the Sundance Film Festival, the Toronto International Film Festival, SXSW, Tribeca, Berlinale, and Edinburgh. Berman was named by Variety in 2011 as one of the Top Ten Producers to Watch, and by Deadline Hollywood in 2012 as one of the Top Ten Producers to Watch at Sundance.
Jason produced Sara Colangelo's film LITTLE ACCIDENTS starring Elizabeth Banks, Boyd Holbrook, and Jacob Lofland which premiered at the 2014 Sundance Film Festival, and will be released theatrically in January 2015 by Amplify.
Jason wrapped production on Jonas Carpignano's MEDITERANNEA in Calabria, Italy. Jason was in post-production on Andrew Renzi's FRANNY starring Richard Gere, Dakota Fanning and Theo James, and Mark Elijah Rosenberg's AD INEXPLORATA starring Mark Strong. Jason is in pre-production on Clay Jeter's IO starring Diego Luna and Elle Fanning; the above four films have all gone through the Sundance Institute Labs programs. Jason is also in pre-production on Nate Parker's BIRTH OF A NATION starring Armie Hammer and Nate Parker.
Jason's past producing credits include THE DRY LAND, JESS + MOSS, SEVEN DAYS IN UTOPIA, BROOKLYN BROTHERS BEAT THE BEST, LUV, STRUCK BY LIGHTNING, KILIMANJARO and X/Y.
Prior to producing, Jason started his career at the William Morris Agency in Beverly Hills, California. His understanding of the entertainment business was further honed under the Chief Operating Officer at MGM Studios, and then writer/director Gary Ross.
Jason is a 2006 graduate of the University of Southern California, School of Cinematic Arts, where he is now an adjunct professor teaching a course on Entrepreneurship in Entertainment.
Jason is a co-founder of the Sundance Institute Catalyst Initiative (creative investor and financier lab), in which he is now a consultant. Jason is a member of the Producers Guild of America. Jason lives in Los Angeles, and is originally from Baltimore, Maryland.
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