Jason Shipman

A graduate of New York University's Tisch School of the Arts, Jason is a Los Angeles-based director and acting coach. He worked for many years in New York theater as an actor, where he also assistant directed A Tale of Two Cities, before its move to Broadway. After moving to LA, Jason became a successful on-set acting coach. For the past 10 years, Jason has worked on television shows and movies for Netflix, Amazon, Disney, Nickelodeon, and AwesomenessTV. His spare time on set was dedicated to the study of every aspect of film-making, shadowing directors from pre to post-production. Jason won the award for Best Director at the Eclectic Theatre Company's Festival of Shorts in 2012. He made his television directing debut on Amazon's hit family series, Just Add Magic. Jason is requested often by actors for his collaborative, performance-friendly approach. He is hired for his ability to quickly draw out nuanced, grounded performances, especially from young actors. His youth work stems, in part, from his time as a director with the Creative Arts Team, the country's largest professional youth theater. And his facility with comedy stems from a background in Improvisation. He has taught classes in "directing the actor for comedy" as an associate professor at both NYU and USC.