Jason Eksuzian is an award-winning director, cinematographer, producer and writer. Currently based in Los Angeles, he is a native of Berkshire County and graduate of Bennington College. His work has been screened and won top honors at major film festivals worldwide including Tribeca Film Festival, Austin Film Festival, Atlanta Film Festival, Series Fest, The London Comedy Film Festival, LA Comedy Film Festival and many more. His work can also be seen on major streaming and television networks such as CBS, FOX, Bravo and Max. In 2024, Jason was one of ten filmmakers worldwide to be awarded a production grant by Voices With Impact to make a short film on the topic of mental health.
Please List the Title of Your Film at BIFF 2025
Plant People
What was your first experience with film and how did it influence your first project?
My aunt had a few VHS tapes that I watched over and over: Teen Wolf, and Back to the Future. I must’ve watched them each 50 times. I think somehow I developed a sense of story through those films, which are so well written and crafted, that engrained something inside me when I was ready to try my hand at it.
Who is (are) your favorite filmmakers?
Spike Lee, Albert Brooks, Paul Thomas Anderson, Greta Gerwig
What are you working on that no one knows about?
Someday, I’ll finish a screenplay I’m working on that is a very personal story.
Who would play you in a movie? What’s your go to movie snack? What’s the film title that best describes your life?
Play me in a movie? Oh geez…Probably a weird AI bot with weird fingers.
I’m a serious popcorn guy. I’ll see any movie if there is popcorn.
The film that best describes my life? I have no clue, but given the last two questions it would have to be a documentary about an AI bot who loves popcorn but is tortured by the fact they can’t eat it because of the weird fingers thing. I’d watch that.
