Welcome
My name is Jason Fraley. I’m a 25-year-old filmmaker and journalist pursuing an M.F.A. in Film and Electronic Media at American University in Washington D.C.
I recently finished the second draft of my first feature-length screenplay, Cinemagic, winner of Best Screenplay at the 2009 Visions Film Festival and Quarterfinalist in the 2010 Nicholl Competition. I’m currently working on my second feature, The Luck of the Fall, about two twins going in separate directions.
I have written and directed a handful of narrative shorts; have served as 1st Assistant Director on the web series Stage Fright (2010), directed by Claudia Myers, and on the indie feature Surviving Me (2010), directed by Leah Yananton; and I co-produce the puppet series Metro Monsters for NBC-4 in Washington.
To pay the bills, I work as Morning Drive Writer for the all-news WTOP Radio, winner of the 2010 Regional Edward R. Murrow Award for Overall Excellence and the most-listened-to station in the nation’s capital. It doesn’t get more exciting than connecting a call for NBC’s David Gregory, standing next to NFL Hall of Famer John Riggins, or hearing this surprise voice call into our station.
Before that, I got my B.A. at the University of Maryland’s Philip Merrill College of Journalism. While there, I worked for both the school newspaper and radio station, while holding internships at USA Today, The Baltimore Sun and The Frederick News Post.
In my spare time, when I’m lucky to find any, I enjoy writing content for a film website that’s five years in the making. So far I’ve written 320+ reviews of classic movies, with the goal of teaching the layman to appreciate film like an academic, and vice versa. Thanks to Sun critic Michael Sragow, former Washington Post critic Desson Thomson, University of Maryland Professor John Miller and American University professors Larry Engel and Claudia Myers for their mentorship in this regard.
What else? I’m a die hard Washington Redskins fan, I play in flag football and softball leagues, and I’m a fraternal twin.
Thanks for checking out my site.
Jason Fraley
301-401-6917
fraley.jason@gmail.com
