Jason B. Kohl
Directing
Biography
Jason B. Kohl’s award-winning films have screened at the Berlinale, SXSW, Locarno, NYFF, BFI London, Hot Docs, and Tallinn Black Nights. Most recently he completed Dancing With Le Pen (EP’d by Oscar Winner Laura Poitras), which premiered at the 2018 Sheffield Doc/Fest. His upcoming work includes two documentary features. The first, Eli, a Dog in Prison, is EP’d by Sophie Robinson (Emmy nominee for NETFLIX’s My Beautiful Broken Brain). The second, Recovery, is Refinery29’s first feature documentary. The film follows an incest survivor and her remarkable recovery process. Jason is a former Fulbright and DAAD Artist Scholar with an MFA from UCLA Film School.
Known For
A desperate American dreamer kidnaps her demented father after he cuts her out of his will.
New Money
In France’s last presidential election, Marine Le Pen, a right-wing candidate, won over 30 per cent of the vote after an attempt to rebrand a party long associated with her controversial father, Jean-Marie Le Pen. See how three of her supporters faced similar obstacles in changing the narrative.
Dancing with Le Pen
A transgender Iranian-American embarks on a road trip to discover the everyday realities of being trans in conservative states across the United States. As he travels through some of the country’s most anti-trans states, he uncovers the struggles and triumphs that define being trans in America today.
Trans in Trumpland
A hormonal teenage boy has a chance encounter with his father's mistress.
A Son Like You
A pig farmer tests his unemployed son's resolve to join the family business.