Jason Allen is a multifaceted creative individual hailing from Nashville, Tennessee, with a diverse range of skills and accomplishments. In addition to being a writer and filmmaker, he is also a wilderness guide, nature photographer, and award-winning journalist.
Allen's filmmaking career has been marked by significant success, with his first produced screenplay being the 2009 feature film Lucky Fritz, starring Corey Feldman and Julia Dietze. Since then, he has won numerous accolades, including Best Screenplay honors at the Nashville Film Festival, San Diego Film Awards, Mountain of Laughs Comedy Fest, TSA Screenwriting Awards, and Artlightenment Film Festival. Furthermore, he has been a seven-time finalist of the Nashville Film Festival Screenwriting Competition.
In addition to his feature film work, Allen has also made a name for himself in the world of short filmmaking. His award-winning short films include You Destroy Me, That Smell, American Sock, and The Seashell. Notably, American Sock won Best Short Film at eight different film festivals, while That Smell screened at over 80 festivals in 15 countries, including the prestigious SAG-AFTRA Short Film Showcase at New York's Robin Williams Center.
More recently, Allen's films have continued to garner recognition, with wins at the Push Film Festival, Best Screenplay at Video Hackers-Italy, Audience Choice Award at the Flagler Film Festival, Best International Short at the Mestre Film Fest in Venice, and Best Comedy at LaFF-VIN, an annual festival hosted by the Red Skelton Museum of American Comedy.
Beyond his work in film, Allen has also had his screenplays produced and has worked on various assignments, including writing an untitled animated feature for Singapore's Egg Story Creative Productions. As a journalist, he has won three Associated Press Managing Editors Awards for feature writing. His writing and photography have appeared in numerous books, magazines, and newspapers.
