Please join Overheard with Evan Smith for an interview with Jason Reitman on Saturday, February 1, 2025 at 5:15pm in Studio A at Austin PBS’s new facility, the Austin Media Center (map).
Jason Reitman is an Academy Award nominated filmmaker who most recently directed SATURDAY NIGHT, a film he co-wrote with Gil Kenan. Reitman made his feature film debut with the 2006 Sundance hit THANK YOU FOR SMOKING for which he won best screenplay at the Independent Spirit Awards. He notably earned Academy Award nominations for directing JUNO and UP IN THE AIR, the latter of which earned Reitman a WGA Award and BAFTA Award for Best Screenplay. As a producer, Reitman oversaw four seasons of the Golden Globe nominated Hulu comedy series CASUAL. He also produced the Academy Award-winning film WHIPLASH and Jean-Marc Vallee’s DEMOLITION. In 2021,Reitman directed and co-wrote GHOSTBUSTERS: AFTERLIFE with Gil Kenan, and in 2023, produced and co-wrote its sequel, GHOSTBUSTERS: FROZEN EMPIRE.
