Jason Lew

Jason Lew

Actor · Director · Writer

Biography

Chinese-American screenwriter and director, he grew up in a small town in Maine (United States). He graduated from the Tisch School of the Arts at New York University where he studied drama, directing and design. For ten years, he acquired a solid reputation in the theater world in New York, then moved to Los Angeles to devote himself to cinema. He then signed his first feature film script, Restless, brought to the screen by Gus Van Sant in 2010. He worked for five years writing the script for The Free World, his first film as a director.

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Representative Works

The Experiment
The Experiment
6.4
/ English
Restless
Restless
6.5
/ English
Pauline Alone
Pauline Alone
5.0
/ English
The Free World
The Free World
6.2
/ English
Dependent's Day
Dependent's Day
5.7
/ English
Allegiance
Allegiance
5.1
/ English

Awards and Honors

Critical Favorites

The Experiment
2010Nominee

Best Performance

The Experiment

Restless
2011Nominee

Best Writing

Restless

Pauline Alone
2014Nominee

Best Performance

Pauline Alone

Career Highlights

The Free World
2016Highlight

Best Director

The Free World

All God's Children Can Dance
2008Highlight

Best Performance

All God's Children Can Dance