Jason Wishnow, TED Video Director
Jason Wishnow is TED's Video Director and Resident Filmmaker. He is directing and editing TEDTalks, our new podcast series, and would love to hear what you think of it.
Widely regarded as an expert on digital film and micro-cinema, in part because he wears so much black, Jason founded one of the first online film sites, The New Venue, in 1996, showcasing movies made specifically for the Internet. In 1997, Jason directed one of the first documentaries shot on mini-DV, Tatooine or Bust, about fans camping out to see Star Wars. In 2000, he held the first film festival for the Palm Pilot, The Aggressively Boring Film Festival.
Jason's short film adaptation of Oedipus, an epic retelling of the Greek Myth, in 8 minutes, starring vegetables, has played 60+ film festivals including Sundance, Seattle, Sao Paulo, Hong Kong, and RESFEST.
Jason is represented by ICM (for features/television) and Zooma Zooma (commercials/music videos). He holds a BA and MA from Stanford University, has jurored and spoken at dozens of film festivals and new media events around the world, directed documentaries for UK's Channel 4, and been fired by Woody Allen's production office.
