Jason Robb started his career in the trenches of Hollywood circa 1999. He worked as a production assistant, in the office and on the set, an extras coordinator, an assistant to the director, and as a reader for Fox Searchlight, where he evaluated and broke down scripts. His credits include, two episodes of “Buffy the Vampire Slayer,” “Gone in 60 Seconds,” “Dude, Where’s My Car?” and “Coyote Ugly,” among others. He spent nearly five years in LA, learning as much as he could about the realities of production, and developed his unmitigated passion for film.
Though opportunities continued to flow his way, Jason returned to Denver to attend the University of Colorado’s film school, where he sought a degree in film production. Jason knew that at the crux of every great film, television show, or even a commercial, was a well told story, so he doubled his workload, and added a degree in English Literature. He spent the next four years honing his skills as a storyteller, a producer, a director, and particularly as an editor. Jason’s talent made him the go-to editor at the University. In four years, he edited twenty-three short films, six of which went on to receive awards in national and international film festivals.
In the last two years of school, Jason was being tapped to work on a number of projects. He wrote, produced, directed and edited a vignette on homelessness, to be used in a multi-media show for Emmy Award Winning writer, Craig Volk. He was hired by MoonSun Productions to edit several commercials, and was asked back to be the director of photography and senior editor on the feature length documentary, “Rave.”
Jason loved his time in Denver, but the freezing winters took their toll. He packed up his sweaters and moved to Ausitn, attracted by its beautiful weather, and its vibrant creative community. As soon as he arrived, he was offered a position at ME Television, as the Senior Editor of their long format division. Jason was responsible for a number of their award winning shows, including the documentary series, “Austinville,” the live music series, “ME Live,” and the food and travel series, “Tastes of Texas.” He was a co-producer and editor of “The Next VeeJay,” a show which increased ME’s web traffic by over 200 times, and earned them their first two point share on the regional Neilson’s. Jason’s work on ME Live earned him a bronze Telly in 2008 for the “Alpha Rev” episode at Antones. His edit of Susana Choffel’s live performance boosted her career with a 2008 Famecast win for performance and video. Jason was quickly promoted to Post Production Supervisor, overseeing all the post-production and motion graphics of the station.
Jason had high hopes for the network, and continually worked to improve the content and quality of their shows. He honed his skills in motion graphics, and took it upon himself to re-brand “ME Live,” “Tastes of Texas,” and “Airwaves,” with fresh designs and new introductions. He also created the graphics and intro for “The Green Idea,” a short segment series about green living in Austin.
During his time at ME, Jason had the opportunity to work as Senior Editor and Motion Graphics Artist on several projects for Dell. He edited several segments and two pilots which were showcased on “Dell Lounge” and a half-hour documentary segment on the marriage of Dell and AMD, and the creation of their new musician-centric computer systems. Most recently, he co-produced, co-directed, edited, and designed the graphics for a thirty-second commercial for Dell’s new flagship system, the MX6400.
