In June of 2004, Jason Newmark received a call from Chris Ford. Chris said he thought they should make the movie about the barbershop because some jokers from New York who he just shot some commercials with said it wouldn’t be that hard. Chris said Jason should help him produce it.


At the time Jason wasn’t a producer. Jason was an editor. Nonetheless, he said yes. And though he worked hard raising money and worked hard during preproduction and hard during the shoot, it was that simple, effortless “yes” he uttered that really had the biggest impact on the film. Because what you need more than anything when you’re making your first movie, even more than money, is a guy who is willing to saddle up and ride into Commanche country with you.


Technically speaking, Jason has been involved in film and television for over ten years. He got his start in community television in Reno, Nevada, in the early 90s directing live and taped shows, editing film and running studio and field cameras.


He then moved on to Boston where he was a production assistant on two feature films—The Proposition (1998) and the indie hit Next Stop Wonderland—and later moved on to Los Angeles where he worked as a production assistant on Waking Up in Reno (ironically shot mostly in LA) with Billy Bob Thornton and Charlize Theron, and then as the second 2nd Assistant Director on The Deep End, with Tilda Swinton, which filmed in Lake Tahoe.


Inbetween his work on these films, Jason pursued his true love—editing. So when he isn’t busy producing The Village Barbershop, that’s what he does. He lives Reno with his conservation biologist wife, Jen, and their two boys, Zach and Zander.

JASON NEWMARK

Producer

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