Directing

Jason Reitman

Born October 19, 1977 · Montreal, Québec, Canada (age 48)

Jason R. Reitman ( /ˈraɪtmən/; born October 19, 1977) is a Canadian and American filmmaker. He is best known for directing the films Thank You for Smoking (2005), Juno (2007), Up in the Air (2009), Young Adult (2011), Ghostbusters: Afterlife (2021), and Saturday Night (2024). He has received one Grammy Award, one Golden Globe and four Academy Award nominations, two for Best Director. He is the son…

Known For

Whiplash

Whiplash · 2014

MovieDramaMusic

Under the direction of a ruthless instructor, a talented young drummer begins to pursue perfection at any cost, even his humanity.

Ghostbusters: Afterlife

Ghostbusters: Afterlife · 2021

Ghostbusters: Afterlife

MovieFantasyComedy

When single mom Callie and her two kids Trevor and Phoebe arrive in a small Oklahoma town, they begin to discover their connection to the original Ghostbusters and the secret legacy their grandfather left behind.

Jennifer's Body

Jennifer's Body · 2009

Jennifer's Body

MovieHorrorComedy

Jennifer, a gorgeous, seductive cheerleader takes evil to a whole new level after she's possessed by a sinister demon. Now it's up to her best friend to stop Jennifer's reign of terror before it's too late.

Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire

Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire · 2024

Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire

MovieFantasyAdventure

The Spengler family returns to where it all started - the iconic New York City firehouse - to team up with the original Ghostbusters, who've developed a top-secret research lab to take busting ghosts to the next level. But when the discovery of an ancient artifact unleashes an evil force, Ghostbusters new and old must join forces to protect their home and save the world from a second Ice Age.

Ghostbusters II

Ghostbusters II · 1989

Ghostbusters II

MovieComedyFantasy

The discovery of a massive river of ectoplasm and a resurgence of spectral activity allows the staff of Ghostbusters to revive the business.

Juno

MovieComedyDrama

Faced with an unplanned pregnancy, sixteen year old high-schooler, Juno MacGuff, makes an unusual decision regarding her unborn child.

Twins

Julius and Vincent Benedict are the results of an experiment that would allow for the perfect child. Julius was planned and grows to athletic proportions. Vincent is an accident and is somewhat smaller in stature. Vincent is placed in an orphanage while Julius is taken to a south seas island and raised by philosophers. Vincent becomes the ultimate low life and is about to be killed by loan sharks.

Demolition

Demolition · 2016

MovieComedyDrama

An emotionally desperate investment banker finds hope through a woman he meets.

Filmography

Sort

Whiplash

Whiplash · 2014

MovieDramaMusic

Under the direction of a ruthless instructor, a talented young drummer begins to pursue perfection at any cost, even his humanity.

Executive Producer

Ghostbusters: Afterlife

Ghostbusters: Afterlife · 2021

Ghostbusters: Afterlife

MovieFantasyComedy

When single mom Callie and her two kids Trevor and Phoebe arrive in a small Oklahoma town, they begin to discover their connection to the original Ghostbusters and the secret legacy their grandfather left behind.

Writer

Jennifer's Body

Jennifer's Body · 2009

Jennifer's Body

MovieHorrorComedy

Jennifer, a gorgeous, seductive cheerleader takes evil to a whole new level after she's possessed by a sinister demon. Now it's up to her best friend to stop Jennifer's reign of terror before it's too late.

Producer

Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire

Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire · 2024

Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire

MovieFantasyAdventure

The Spengler family returns to where it all started - the iconic New York City firehouse - to team up with the original Ghostbusters, who've developed a top-secret research lab to take busting ghosts to the next level. But when the discovery of an ancient artifact unleashes an evil force, Ghostbusters new and old must join forces to protect their home and save the world from a second Ice Age.

Writer

Ghostbusters II

Ghostbusters II · 1989

Ghostbusters II

MovieComedyFantasy

The discovery of a massive river of ectoplasm and a resurgence of spectral activity allows the staff of Ghostbusters to revive the business.

Brownstone Boy #2

Juno

MovieComedyDrama

Faced with an unplanned pregnancy, sixteen year old high-schooler, Juno MacGuff, makes an unusual decision regarding her unborn child.

Director

Twins

Julius and Vincent Benedict are the results of an experiment that would allow for the perfect child. Julius was planned and grows to athletic proportions. Vincent is an accident and is somewhat smaller in stature. Vincent is placed in an orphanage while Julius is taken to a south seas island and raised by philosophers. Vincent becomes the ultimate low life and is about to be killed by loan sharks.

Granger Grandson

Demolition

Demolition · 2016

MovieComedyDrama

An emotionally desperate investment banker finds hope through a woman he meets.

Executive Producer

Labor Day

Labor Day · 2013

MovieDramaRomance

Two strangers are drawn together under incredible circumstances. What starts as an unforeseen encounter over a long holiday weekend soon becomes a second chance love story.

Screenplay

Up in the Air

Up in the Air · 2009

MovieDramaRomance

Corporate downsizing expert Ryan Bingham spends his life in planes, airports, and hotels, but just as he’s about to reach a milestone of ten million frequent flyer miles, he meets a woman who causes him to rethink his transient life.

Screenplay

Men, Women & Children

Men, Women & Children · 2014

Men, Women & Children

MovieDramaComedy

Follows the story of a group of high school teenagers and their parents as they attempt to navigate the many ways the internet has changed their relationships, their communication, their self-image, and their love lives.

Director

Thank You for Smoking

Thank You for Smoking · 2005

Thank You for Smoking

MovieComedyDrama

Nick Naylor is a charismatic spin-doctor for Big Tobacco who'll fight to protect America's right to smoke -- even if it kills him -- while still remaining a role model for his 12-year old son. When he incurs the wrath of a senator bent on snuffing out cigarettes, Nick's powers of "filtering the truth" will be put to the test.

Director

Hell of a Summer

Hell of a Summer · 2025

Hell of a Summer

MovieHorrorComedy

When 24-year-old Jason Hochberg arrives for counsellor weekend at his beloved Camp Pineway, his biggest problem is feeling out of touch with his teenage co-workers. Little does he know; a masked killer has murdered camp owners John and Kathy and is preparing to strike again.

Thanks

Chloe

MovieDramaThriller

Catherine and David Stewart are a well-to-do couple living in a posh area of Toronto, but all is not well in paradise. Catherine suspects that David is cheating on her, so she hires an escort named Chloe to meet David and see if he gives in to temptation — but events spin out of control when Chloe spills the details of her torrid encounters.

Executive Producer

Dave

A sweet-natured Temp Agency operator and amateur Presidential look-alike is recruited by the Secret Service to become a temporary stand-in for the President of the United States.

Vice-President's Son

Saturday Night

Saturday Night · 2024

MovieComedyDrama

At 11:30pm on October 11, 1975, a ferocious troupe of young comedians and writers changed television forever. This is the story of what happened behind the scenes in the 90 minutes leading up to the first broadcast of Saturday Night Live.

Writer

Kindergarten Cop

Kindergarten Cop · 1990

Kindergarten Cop

Hard-edged cop John Kimble gets more than he bargained for when he goes undercover as a kindergarten teacher to get the goods on a brutal drug lord while at the same time protecting the man's young son. Pitted against a class of boisterous moppets whose antics try his patience and test his mettle, Kimble may have met his match … in more ways than one.

Kissing Boy

Jeff, Who Lives at Home

Jeff, Who Lives at Home · 2012

Jeff, Who Lives at Home

MovieDramaComedy

Dispatched from his basement room on an errand for his mother, slacker Jeff might discover his destiny (finally) when he spends the day with his brother as he tracks his possibly adulterous wife.

Producer

Young Adult

Young Adult · 2011

MovieComedyDrama

A divorced writer from the Midwest returns to her hometown to reconnect with an old flame, who's now married with a family.

Director

The Front Runner

The Front Runner · 2018

The Front Runner

MovieDramaHistory

Gary Hart, former Senator of Colorado, becomes the front-runner for the Democratic presidential nomination in 1987. Hart's intelligence, charisma and idealism makes him popular with young voters, leaving him with a seemingly clear path to the White House. All that comes crashing down when allegations of an extramarital affair surface in the media, forcing the candidate to address a scandal that threatens to derail his campaign and personal life.

Director

Tully

MovieComedyDrama

Marlo, a mother of three, including a newborn, is gifted a night nanny by her brother. Hesitant at first, she quickly forms a bond with the thoughtful, surprising, and sometimes challenging nanny named Tully.

Director

Fathers' Day

Fathers' Day · 1997

MovieComedyFamily

A woman cons two old boyfriends into searching for her runaway son by convincing both that they are the boy's father.

Wrong Kid in Alley

Whiplash

Whiplash · 2013

MovieDramaMusic

A ferocious, bullying music teacher teaches a dedicated student.

Executive Producer

Gail

MovieDocumentary

A superfan of the Canadian band Our Lady Peace follows them on their 30th anniversary tour across Canada.

Executive Producer

The Office

The Office · 2005

The everyday lives of office employees in the Scranton, Pennsylvania branch of the fictional Dunder Mifflin Paper Company.

Director

Saturday Night Live

Saturday Night Live · 1975

Saturday Night Live

SeriesComedyNews

A late-night live television sketch comedy and variety show created by Lorne Michaels. The show's comedy sketches, which parody contemporary culture and politics, are performed by a large and varying cast of repertory and newer cast members. Each episode is hosted by a celebrity guest, who usually delivers an opening monologue and performs in sketches with the cast, and features performances by a musical guest.

Director

Euphoria

Euphoria · 2019

A group of high school students navigate love and friendships in a world of drugs, sex, trauma, and social media.

Second Unit Director

Casual

A dysfunctional family tries to help each other navigate the modern dating scene. Recent divorcee Tara and her bachelor brother coach each other through the crazy world of dating (on-line and off), while living under the same roof again for the second time and raising her teenage daughter.

Director

Home Movie: The Princess Bride

Home Movie: The Princess Bride · 2020

Home Movie: The Princess Bride

SeriesComedySci-Fi & Fantasy

Serialized remake of 'The Princess Bride' told in short chapters featuring celebrities at home during quarantine.

Director

Ghostbusters: Night Shift

Ghostbusters: Night Shift

Ghostbusters: Night Shift

SeriesSci-Fi & FantasyAnimation

New York City, 1994. Five years after the Ghostbusters took the Statue of Liberty for a walk, a new supernatural threat hits the Big Apple. Now, a group of young New Yorkers must suit up, face their fears, and bust some ghosts.

Executive Producer