Jason Lew
Acting
Biography
Chinese-American screenwriter and director, he grew up in a small town in Maine (United States). He graduated from the Tisch School of the Arts at New York University where he studied drama, directing and design. For ten years, he acquired a solid reputation in the theater world in New York, then moved to Los Angeles to devote himself to cinema. He then signed his first feature film script, Restless, brought to the screen by Gus Van Sant in 2010. He worked for five years writing the script for The Free World, his first film as a director.
Known For
Angelo Doyle lives two totally separate lives — fearsome NYC hitman and sleepy upstate Cooperstown photocopier salesman and father. Both of them are threatened when he is diagnosed with Alzheimer's, a disease he already lost his older brother to.
Memory of a Killer
Follows the awkward experiences and racy tribulations of a modern-day African-American woman.
Insecure
Sister Simone partners with her ex-boyfriend on a globe-spanning journey to destroy Mrs. Davis, a powerful artificial intelligence.
Mrs. Davis
20 men are chosen to participate in the roles of guards and prisoners in a psychological study that ultimately spirals out of control.
The Experiment
Two outsiders, both shaped by the circumstances that have brought them together, forge a deep and lasting love.
Restless
In Koreatown, Los Angeles, a young man, Kengo, believes he's the son of God - that's what his mother told him since he was a young boy. He spends his days working his dead-end job and figuring out his complex feelings for his girlfriend until, one day, he sees a one-eared man who could be his father and decides to follow him around Los Angeles.
All God's Children Can Dance
Following his release from a brutal stretch in prison for crimes he didn't commit, Mo is struggling to adapt to life on the outside. When his world collides with Doris, a mysterious woman with a violent past, he decides to risk his newfound freedom to keep her in his life.
The Free World
A woman tries to connect with people she's never met.
Pauline Alone
Claimed as a 'dependent' by his successful bread-winning girlfriend Alice, Cam struggles to prove himself as he stumbles through different jobs and life's obstacles in the hopes to live out his Hollywood dream and finally rise to the occasion.
Dependent's Day
After being granted a questionable transfer that will keep him stateside as his National Guard unit deploys for Iraq, Lieutenant Danny Sefton becomes embroiled in a last minute AWOL attempt by one of his soldiers — forcing him to choose between his loyalties to the fleeing soldier, his unit and his fiancé.