Jason B. Kohl is an award-winning Austrian/American writer, director and script consultant from Michigan. His films have screened at the Berlinale, SXSW, Locarno, NYFF, BFI London and Tallinn Black Nights. New Money, his feature directorial debut, starred Robin Weigert (Emmy Nominee for Deadwood) and Louisa Krause (STARZ’s The Girlfriend Experience). Film Threat called it “a smart, engaging thriller.” His UCLA MFA Thesis Film The Slaughter premiered at SXSW and was nominated for a Student Academy Award. This winter he’s directing Custody, his first German language film, starring Aurel Mertz (Neo Tropic Tonight) and Jeanne Goursaud (NETFLIX’s International Emmy-Winning Dear Child).

Jason is an in-demand writer developing features with John Baker (NEON’s Luce), Boris Mendza (UNIVERSAL’s Frank & Lola), Bryce Nielsen (Roma), Brunson Green (The Help), Iconoclast (NETFLIX’s Skylines) BTF (NETFLIX’s How to Sell Drugs Online Fast), and director Julius Onah (MARVEL’s Upcoming Captain America 4).

He is currently developing series for Gaumont, 3 Arts, UFA, ZDF, Studio Zentral, Action Concept, and Rund Film, as well as director Nicolai Rohde (NETFLIX’s Woman of the Dead).

His documentaries include VICE’s The Process of Recovering, which der Spiegel called “courageous… definitely worth seeing.” Eli, A Dog in Prison, released by Topic, is “a beautiful, moving film” (Common Sense Media). Vanity Fair called Trans In Trumpland “a vital contribution to the trans media canon.” He recently produced and edited an documentary for Emmy winner Bert Marcus (NETFLIX’s The American Meme). Upcoming doc writing and consulting credits include projects for ZDF, Corso Film (Happy, Berlinale) and BTF (NETFLIX’s Shiny Flakes).

Jason is a former Fulbright and DAAD Artist scholar with an MFA in directing from UCLA Film School. He also speaks German, French and a little Spanish.

He’s represented by Gersh in Los Angeles and FBE in Berlin.