Biography

Jason Reid is a Peabody nominated and Emmy® / Webby award-winning producer, editor and director. He directed and produced the Emmy® award-winning documentary feature "Man Zou: Beijing to Shanghai" and the Webby award-winning "Sonicsgate: Requiem for a Team," which aired on both CNBC and ESPN. He also produced the documentary features "K2: Siren of the Himalayas" and "Evergreen: The Road to Legalization," which both streamed on Netflix, and "Dirtbag: The Legend of Fred Beckey," which won 26 awards at film festivals and is streaming on Amazon Prime.

He directed and produced the documentary shorts "Backfire: How to Destroy a Presidential Candidate" and "The Ultimate Upset" for ESPN Films/ FiveThirtyEight and the Webby award-winning shorts "Mr Irrelevant" and "The Finish Line." He also edited the award-winning documentary features "Crazywise" and "The Weight of Water. He co-produced and edited the award-winning documentary short "Forest on Fire" and edited the doc series "House on Fire" for Topic Studios, then won his second Emmy® for the documentary short "The Original Voice of the Seahawks." He is also producer of "Super Frenchie," a documentary feature that aired on National Geographic and the award-winning short documentary "Kumari: A Father's Dream."

He was selected as a Film Independent Fellow for the ITVS funded documentary feature, "Sam Now," which he produced and edited. It has screened at over 50 festivals, winning 15 awards including 10 for Best Documentary. He was nominated for Best Editing in 2022 by the IDA, one of the premiere documentary organizations in the world. "Sam Now" premiered in 2023 theatrically and received The New York Times Critics' Pick, aired nationally on PBS' Independent Lens and is streaming on The Criterion Channel. In April 2024 it was nominated for a Peabody award.