Profile via TMDB · Courtesy of TMDB
OverviewAI-generated
Jason Reitman is a Canadian and American film director, screenwriter, producer, and actor. Born in Montreal on October 19, 1977, he is the son of Ivan Reitman and the brother of Catherine Reitman. He holds citizenship in both Canada and the United States and speaks English as his native language. Reitman was educated at the University of Southern California.
His professional work includes directing and writing for films such as *Thank You for Smoking* and *The Front Runner*. He has received several awards, including the National Board of Review Award for Best Film, the Dallas-Fort Worth Film Critics Association Award for Best Director, and Golden Globe Awards for Best Director and Best Screenplay. Additionally, he has been nominated for Academy Awards for Best Director, Best Writing (Adapted Screenplay), and Best Picture.
Synthesized by Vinony from 40 facts across 8 sources: Wikidata, Crossref, Open Library, MusicBrainz, Last.fm, TMDb, Firecrawl, Vinony graph. Generated from structured data (not the Wikipedia text) and checked against those facts — may still contain errors.
Person · Open Library
- Works
- 2
Top works
- Ghostbusters Artbook
- The Front Runner [DVD]
- Thank You for Smoking
via Open Library + Wikidata
Film & TV
Directing · Montreal, Canada
Jason R. Reitman ( /ˈraɪtmən/; born October 19, 1977) is a Canadian and American filmmaker. He is best known for directing the films Thank You for Smoking (2005), Juno (2007), Up in the Air (2009), Young Adult (2011), Ghostbusters: Afterlife (2021), and Saturday Night (2024). He has received one Grammy Award, one Golden Globe and four Academy Award nominations, two for Best Director. He is the…
Known for
- Clerk — Self2021
- A Virtual Princess Bride Reunion — Host / Scene Descriptions2020
- Reunited Apart — Self2020
- Misery Loves Comedy — Self2015
- 21 Years: Richard Linklater — Self - Filmmaker2014
- Don't You Forget About Me — Self2010
- Unfiltered Comedy: The Making of 'Thank You For Smoking' — Self2006
- Fathers' Day — Wrong Kid in Alley1997
- The View — Self1997
- Dave — Vice-President's Son1993
via TMDB
Listeners · Last.fm
- Listeners
- 4,522
- Total plays
- 11,062
Sixteen-year-old Minnesotan high-schooler Juno MacGuff (Ellen Page) discovers she is pregnant with a child fathered by her friend and longtime admirer, Paulie Bleeker (Michael Cera). While at first she intends to have an abortion, she changes her mind and decides to make a plan for the child's adoption. With the help of her friend Leah (Olivia Thirlby), Juno searches the ads in the Pennysaver and finds a couple she feels will provide a suitable home. <a href="https://www.last.fm/music/Jason+Reit
Recent publications · Crossref
5 total works indexed
- BLAST+: architecture and applications
· 2009 · cited 20,472x
- Introducing mothur: Open-Source, Platform-Independent, Community-Supported Software for Describing and Comparing Microbial Communities
· 2009 · cited 18,972x
- Initial sequencing and analysis of the human genome
· 2001 · cited 18,612x
- Global burden of 369 diseases and injuries in 204 countries and territories, 1990–2019: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2019
· 2020 · cited 15,951x
- Global burden of bacterial antimicrobial resistance in 2019: a systematic analysis
· 2022 · cited 13,855x
via Crossref · CC0
Key facts
- Born
- ( 1977-10-19 ) October 19, 1977 (age 48) , Montreal , Quebec, Canada
- Citizenship
- Canada United States
- Education
- Skidmore College University of Southern California ( BA )
- Occupations
- Film director producer screenwriter actor
- Years active
- 1988–present
- Spouse
- Michele Lee ( married</span>"}]]}'>m. 2004 ; divorced</span>"}]]}'>div. 2014 )
- Father
- Ivan Reitman
- Relatives
- Catherine Reitman (sister) Caroline Reitman (sister)
via Wikipedia infobox
Official website
Jason Reitman (yourpaljasonreitman) on Myspace
myspace.com →Link to the official site · 688 chars · not written by Vinony
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Jason
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- United States
- Place of birth
- Montreal
- Father
- Ivan Reitman
- Sibling
- Catherine Reitman
- Occupation
- director
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Native language
- English language
- Official website
- www.myspace.com/yourpaljasonreitman
- Image
- Jason Reitman by Gage Skidmore.jpg
- Number of children
- 1
Show 8 more facts
- Commons category
- Jason Reitman
- date of birth
- 1977-10-19
- nominated for
- Academy Award for Best Picture
- name in native language
- Jason Reitman
- related category
- Category:Films produced by Jason Reitman
- social media followers
- 165437
- writing language
- English language
- topic has template
- Template:Jason Reitman
via Wikidata · CC0
~13 min read
Encyclopedic overview
Jason R. Reitman ( /ˈraɪtmən/; born October 19, 1977) is a Canadian and American filmmaker. He is best known for directing the films Thank You for Smoking (2005), Juno (2007), Up in the Air (2009), Young Adult (2011), Ghostbusters: Afterlife (2021), and Saturday Night (2024). He has received a Grammy Award, a Golden Globe, and four Academy Award nominations, two for Best Director. He is the son of director Ivan Reitman and is known for frequently collaborating with screenwriter Diablo Cody and director Gil Kenan.
Early life
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Jason Reitman” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.