Jason Reitman is an actor, writer, producer and also a director that was born in Quebec, Canada. on October 19, 1977. His father Ivan Reitman, was also a famous producer, of his time. When Jason was only a child, they moved their family from Canada, to Los Angeles, CA. He went to Harvard-Westlake School located in Los Angeles, California, and also majored in English-Creative Writing at the University of Southern California.
He is best known for directing the big hit Indie movies Thank You for Smoking and Juno. He was nominated for Best Director at the 2008 Academy Awards for his work on the movie Juno, but lost to The Coen Brothers for No Country for Old Men.
2010 Oscars for Jason Reitman
Jason Reitman was nominated for three different Oscars for the 2010 82nd annual Academy Awards ceremony, held on Sunday, March 7, 2010. One for Best Motion Picture of the Year for the movie Up in The Air, Best Achievement in Directing also for Up In The Air, and finally Best Writing, Screenplay Based on Material Previously Produced or Published, for Up In The Air.
Mr. and Mrs. Reitman
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Place of Birth
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Ivan Reitman and Geneviève Robert
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Married
to Michele Lee
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Graduated from Harvard-Westlake School
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Graduate of the University of Southern California's School of Cinema-Television
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His father Ivan Reitman, directed Kindergarten cop, Ghostbusters, and Stripes
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Jason Reitman rejected the invitation to direct the hit movie Dude Where's My Car?
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Has been nominated for four Oscars
