jasonfraley.org

Welcome

My name is Jason Fraley, a filmmaker and journalist with an M.F.A. in Film & Electronic Media from American University and a B.A. in Journalism from the University of Maryland.

Features. My first feature-length screenplay, Cinemagic, was a Quarterfinalist in the Academy’s 2010 Nicholl Fellowships (Top 300 out of 3,000), Second Rounder at the Austin Film Festival (Top 400 out of 4,000) and winner of Best Screenplay at the 2009 Visions Film Festival. I also recently finished my second feature script, The Luck of the Fall, and the treatment for my third, Serial, was a Quarterfinalist in MovieMaker Magazine‘s Ultimate Filmmaker Competition. I have also served as 1^st Assistant Director on the indie feature Surviving Me (2011), directed by Leah Yananton.

Shorts. I have directed several narrative shorts, including my master’s thesis, Liberty Road, winner of the 2011 CINE Golden Eagle Award, and Man With a Bolex Movie Camera (2010), winner of the 2011 TIVA Peer Award for Best Independent Short. I have also co-produced two webisode series for NBC-4 in Washington, co-writing/directing the puppet series Metro Monsters and serving as 1st Assistant Director on the comedy/horror series Stage Fright (2011), directed by Claudia Myers.

Journalism. My day job is a combination of Film Critic and Morning Drive Writer for the all-news WTOP, the most popular station in the nation’s capital (pathos), the most profitable in the nation (logos), and winner of both the 2011 National Edward R. Murrow Award for Overall Excellence and the 2011 Marconi Award for Legendary Station (ethos). I have also held part-time gigs and internships at USA Today, The Baltimore Sun and The Frederick News Post.

Film Criticism. In addition to my role as WTOP Film Critic, I have also founded the film appreciation website, The Film Spectrum.com, which The Washington Post praised for its “lengthy, spirited reviews … with the ethos of a true film aficionado.” (12/8/11) On a separate occasion, The Washington Post wrote in its Sunday Style Section: “Fraley, a film buff, is known for his savantlike ability to name every Best Picture winner in history, by year.” (6/12/11)

What else? I’m a die hard Washington Redskins fan, I play in flag football and softball leagues, and I’m a fraternal twin.