Jason Mann is an

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film director and screenwriter. In November 2014 it was announced that Mann had won ''

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's'' season 4 contest and would direct ''

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'' for

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Personal life

Jason Mann grew up in San Mateo County, and attended Burlingame High School in

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. Mann received an MFA in Film Directing from

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and a BA in Film Production from

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Professional life

Mann's short film ''Delicacy'' premiered at the

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, Telluride, and

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film festivals in 2012 and 2013. Another short film, ''The Leisure Class'', premiered at the

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in 2013. In November 2014, it was announced that Mann had won, with his short film ''Delicacy'', ''Project Greenlight's'' season 4 contest to direct a film for HBO. At the time, Mann was in his fourth-year at the Columbia University School of the Arts. Originally the contest winner was going to direct ''Not A Pretty Woman'', a broad comedy screenplay. However, after Mann shared the script for a full-length version of a short film he had written, it was decided he would instead direct that script, ''

'', a film that received universally negative reviews.

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