Jason Kliot

Jason Kliot (born 1963) is an American independent film producer based in New York.^{[1][2][3][4][5]} Kliot emerged with the American indie wave of the 1990s, producing alongside his wife and business partner Joana Vicente. In 1995 Kliot and Vicente associate produced Todd Solondz's feature debut, Welcome to the Dollhouse, which won the Sundance Grand Jury Prize.^[6] He also produced Chocolate Babies (1997)

Jason Kliot
Born	1963 (age 61–62) United States
Alma mater	Amherst College, Ecole Normale Supérieure
Occupation	Film producer
Spouse	Joana Vicente

In 2010 Kliot was a jury member at the Sundance Film Festival.^{[7][dead link]}

Open City Films

Kliot and Vicente are co-founders and presidents of Open City Films, a production company of feature films and documentaries including Three Seasons, Enron: The Smartest Guys in the Room, Coffee and Cigarettes, Redacted, The Assassination of Richard Nixon, Welcome to the Dollhouse and Awake. Their films have won four Independent Spirit Awards. Enron: The Smartest Guys in the Room, was a nominee for Best Documentary Picture at the 78th Academy Awards in 2008.

Blow Up Pictures

In 1998, Kliot and Vicente founded Blow Up Pictures, the first digital production company in the United States.^[8][9] Their first film, Chuck & Buck, premiered at the Sundance Film Festival and was nominated for five Independent Spirit Awards in 2001.^{[citation needed]}

HDNet Films

In 2003, Kliot and Vicente co-founded HDNet Films with Mark Cuban and Todd Wagner. The company produced 18 films in five years, all shot on digital video, including Steven Soderbergh's film Bubble.

Films produced under HDNet include Academy-Award nominated Enron: The Smartest Guys in the Room, and Redacted, which won the Silver Lion at the 2007 Venice Film Festival.^{[citation needed]}

Awards and nominations

• 2007 "Made in NY" Award, conferred by Mayor Michael Bloomberg and the New York Office of Film, Television, and Broadcasting
• 2006 Academy-Award nomination, Best Feature Length Documentary for Enron: The Smartest Guys in the Room
• 2000 Independent Spirit Award nomination, Best First Feature for Three Seasons