Jason B. Kohl is an award-winning Austrian/American filmmaker and writer from Michigan. His films have screened at the Berlinale, SXSW, Locarno, NYFF, BFI London, Tallinn Black Nights and Traverse City. New Money, Jason’s first feature, is “a smart, engaging thriller” (Film Threat). Jason is currently developing new features with John Baker (NEON’s Luce), Boris Mendza (UNIVERSAL’s Frank & Lola), Iconoclast (NETFLIX’s Skylines) and BTF (NETFLIX’s How to Sell Drugs Online Fast).

Jason is currently developing series for 3 Arts, ZDF, Gaumont, Studio Zentral, Action Concept , Rund Film, as well as directors Julius Onah (MARVEL’s upcoming Captain America 4) and Nicolai Rohde (NETFLIX’s Woman of the Dead). His first series was recently greenlit by the Austrian network ORF.

Jason’s 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 produced and edited an upcoming documentary for Emmy winner Bert Marcus (NETFLIX’s The American Meme). His recent doc writing credits include upcoming series for ZDF and Beetz Brothers (NETFLIX’s A Perfect Crime).

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.