Jason and Shirley
Writer and Director (2015)
“One of the year’s best” – Richard Brody – The New Yorker
https://www.newyorker.com/goings-on-about-town/movies/jason-and-shirley
Based on a historic events, Jason Holliday, a fabulous but downtrodden black, gay, middle-aged hustler and cabaret performer whose life revolves around sex, jazz and narcotics, competes with Shirley Clarke, a wealthy Jewish Oscar-winning female filmmaker over a documentary film about his life, during a marathon 12-hour shoot in her apartment at the legendary Chelsea Hotel. WATCH READ
CREW
Writers - Stephen Winter, Sarah Schulman, Jack Waters
Story and Characters - Stephen Winter
Cinematographer / Editor - Ned Stresen-Reuter
Original Score - Drew Brody
Producers - Stephen Winter, Ned Stresen-Reuter, Bizzy Barefoot, Jason Ryan Yamas
Executive Producers - M. Blaine Hopkins, Jake Perlin
Production Design and Costumes - Bizzy Barefoot
Art Director - Rodrigo Chazaro
CAST
Jack Waters - Jason
Sarah Schulman - Shirley
Tristan Cowen - John
Eamon Fahey - Nico
Tony Torn - Saul
Peter Cramer - Matron
Mike Bailey-Gates - Billy Boy
Bryan Webster - Candy Man
Denise Dixon - Momma
Orran Farmer - Carl Lee