Jason Turley

Jason Turley began studying video production at RMIT in 2001, where he made his first short film Holy Toledo! (2001). Subsequent short films made at RMIT included Lemon Twist (2002), Scab a Smoke (2002), Dirty Work (2003) and Wooden Heart (2004). While studying Jason assisted other filmmakers with their projects in various capacities including sound recordist, camera operator, production assistant and actor. He has worked on commercial television as a second unit camera operator and assistant editor. He was the shorts programmer for the Melbourne Underground Film Festival (2005-2009) and the creator and director of the Sexy International Film Festival in Melbourne, which also travelled to Paris, New York and Los Angeles (2007-2011). Jason's self-financed feature film titled Welcome Stranger was released on DVD by Accent Underground in December 2007. His short film Crazy in the Night was shot in 2009 and completed in April 2010. He has been working in the events industry since 2010, however he is currently script-writing and planning a return to filmmaking in the near future.