Meet Jason Lester, writer and director of Taipei

Jason Lester is a filmmaker & photographer from Los Angeles, CA. In 2017, he directed Taipei, an adaptation of Tao Lin's critically acclaimed novel of the same name.

Jason's work has been featured in The New York Times, Billboard, Dazed & Confused, V Magazine, Pitchfork, Under The Radar, DIY Mag, Clash Music, The Fader, and Stereogum. Selected music videos include credits for Fall Out Boy, The Mynabirds, Mayer Hawthorne, Jonathan Davis, Generationals, Beach Slang, Aloe Blacc, We The Kings, Thrice, La Sera, Thandi Phoenix, The Griswolds, The Soft Moon, EMA, and Tancred, among others.



He holds a BFA with Honors in Film Production from the Tisch School of the Arts at New York University.

Taipei is Jason's first feature film coming after a series of award winning shorts:

 2018 Taipei  produced by Mark Lester

 2016 Mayer Hawthorne: Man About Town (Short) (as Y2K) 

 2013 Red on White (Short) 

 2013 Henry Waxman: The Fight for Clean Air (Short) 

 2012 Love Story (Short) 

 2012 Black Hole (Short) 

 2010 Somewhere in Colorado (Short)