Line #20 Creator/JasonReitman


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3	->''"I always refer to a piece of advice my father gave me the night before I started shooting ''Film/ThankYouForSmoking''. He said, 'Always remember: it's not your job to be funny. Your barometer for comedy is nowhere as good as your barometer for truth.'"''
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5	Jason Reitman (born October 19, 1977 in Montreal, Canada) is a Canadian director and screenwriter of French-Canadian and Slovakian Jewish descent.
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7	He is the son of well-known action/comedy director Creator/IvanReitman, but his career has so far tended more towards introspective comedies about outcasts negotiating their positions in life. He frequently collaborates with screenwriter Creator/DiabloCody.
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9	He is also the brother of actress Creator/CatherineReitman.
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11	!!Works he was involved in:
12	* ''Film/GhostbustersII'' (1989, [[BitCharacter bit part]]) as Brownstone Boy #2
13	* [[index]]''In God We Trust'' (2000 [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=onB1tJZ4mNw short film]], as director and screenwriter)
14	* ''Film/ThankYouForSmoking'' (2005, as director/screenwriter)
15	* ''Film/{{Juno}}'' (2007, as director)
16	* ''Film/UpInTheAir'' (2009, as director and screenwriter)
17	* ''Film/YoungAdult'' (2011, as director)
18	* ''Labor Day'' (2013, as director and screenwriter)
19	* ''Film/MenWomenAndChildren'' (2014, as director and co-screenwriter)
20	* ''Series/{{Casual}}'' (2015-2018, as executive producer, and director on some episodes)
21	* ''Film/{{Tully}}'' (2018, as director)
22	* ''Film/TheFrontRunner'' (2018, as director, co-screenwriter and producer)
23	* ''Series/HomeMovieThePrincessBride'' (2020, as director)[[/index]]
24	* ''Franchise/{{Ghostbusters}}'':[[index]]
25	** ''Film/GhostbustersAfterlife'' (2021, as director and co-screenwriter)
26	** ''Film/GhostbustersFrozenEmpire'' (2024, co-screenwriter and producer)
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29	!!Tropes associated with his work include:
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31	* DeadpanSnarker: His lead characters almost invariably have a very dry sense of humor.
32	* HumansAreFlawed: Most of his movies explore the flaws and humanity of questionable human beings.
33	* {{Manchild}}: Quite a few of his characters aren't exactly what you'd call very mature.
34	* {{Narrator}}: His first three films all involve narration from the lead characters.
35	* TheFilmOfTheBook: Many of his films are adaptations of books.
36	* PromotedFanboy: Due to being the son of Creator/IvanReitman he would visit his father during the filming of ''Film/{{Ghostbusters\|1984}}'' and would later say he was the first fan (and also had a cameo in ''Film/{{Ghostbusters II}}''). 35 years later he would later take over production responsibilities for the franchise, starting with directing ''Film/GhostbustersAfterlife''.
37	* ProductionPosse:
38	** He has served as a director to three of Diablo Cody's scripts, working on ''Juno'', ''Young Adult'', and ''Tully''.
39	** All of his feature films aside from ''Tully'' have had Creator/JKSimmons in a supporting role.
40	* SlidingScaleOfIdealismVsCynicism: Somewhere in the middle. While ''Thank You For Smoking'', ''Young Adult'', and even ''Up In The Air'' are all fairly bitter, all of his films otherwise depict their characters with humanity and compassion.

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