Jason Wood (born 1969) is a British writer on film and cinema. He is currently the artistic director for Film at

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, the centre for international contemporary arts, theatre and film formed by the merger of

Cornerhouse Cornerhouse was a centre for cinema and the contemporary visual arts, located next to Oxford Road Station on Oxford Street, Manchester, England, which was active from 1985–2015. It had three floors of art galleries, three cinemas, a booksho ...

and th
Library Theatre Company
He was formerly Director of Programming at

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from 2009 to 2015.

Career

Jason Wood begun his career working in film sales and acquisitions for UK film distribution companies. He went on to become Programming Manager at

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from 2001 until 2009 when he joined

. He has written extensively on film. His debut book was part of the Pocket Essentials series with a guide to ''Steven Soderbergh'' followed by a guide to ''Hal Hartley''. His other books include ''100 American Independent Films'' published by

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Publishing, ''

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: Documenting Icons'', ''The Faber Book of Mexican Cinema'', ''100 Road Movies'' and ''100 American Independent Films''. His next book ''The Faber Book of Contemporary British Cinema'' was published by Faber in September 2015. He has also contributed to Time Out's ''1000 Films to Change Your Life'', ''The Variety International Film Guide 2010'' and TCM's ''International Film Guide'' in 2008, 2009 and 2010. In January 2015, Jason Wood became Artistic Director for Film at

, the centre for international contemporary arts, theatre and film in

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References

External links

Profile on HOME website

Author page on Amazon
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