Producer Jason Lyon's first job in the entertainment
industry was as the teenaged television host of a kids' newsmagazine on the local NBC affiliate
in Charlotte, NC. He later worked his way through the
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
writing, directing, and producing General College, the campy college soap opera syndicated on National College Television.
At 19, he was already on his second job in television.
After graduating UNC (and General College), Jason joined Asset Pictures
in New York, handling both acquisitions and development. His first project
was producing Five Wives, Three Secretaries and Me, for which he
was also the chief sound recordist. In addition, he supervised the company's
executive production of the feature comedy Burnzy's Last Call; oversaw
development of the theater and film comedy The Stand-In; produced
a workshop of the stage musical Palm Beach at the Clark Studio Theater
of Lincoln Center; and developed the recent screen version of David Drake's The Night
Larry Kramer Kissed Me, directed by Tim Kirkman (Dear Jesse).
In 1999, Jason relocated to Los Angeles, where he works
in television commercial production. Also a freelance writer,
he has contributed to several magazines and has worked as press representative
for
Undergroundfilm.com
, the broadband entertainment Web site, and for Tessa Blake's
second film,
The Pink House
. He most recently served as a producer on director
Brett Froomer's A Stoner's
Life, a 2001 International Documentary Association Award nominee
for Outstanding Achievement in Short Film and an Official Selection of
the 2002 Sundance, Sydney and Edinburgh Film Festivals. An active member of the International
Documentary Association, Jason is currently developing a one-hour profile of the controversial theologian and Episcopal bishop John Shelby Spong.
He lives in Los Angeles with his partner, Tim Hartley, and their dogs,
Dexter and Nikki.
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