Directing
Jason Lester
United States
Jason Lester is a filmmaker & photographer from Los Angeles, CA. In 2018, he wrote and directed his first feature, High Resolution, an adaptation of Tao Lin's critically acclaimed novel Taipei. In 2025, he wrote and directed Replay, his second feature. Jason has directed over 125 music videos for some of today's largest pop artists. He has also directed 3 feature length concert films for The War On Drugs, 5 Seconds of Summer, and One Republic. His work has been featured in Nowness, The New York Times, Billboard, Dazed & Confused, V Magazine, Pitchfork, Under The Radar, DIY Mag, Clash Music, The Fader, and Stereogum. He holds a BFA with Honors in Film Production from the Tisch School of the Arts at New York University.
Acting credits
Behind the camera
NRAn unconventional romantic drama following a young couple traveling through North Macedonia.
Replay
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NRAn unconventional romantic drama following a young couple traveling through North Macedonia.
Replay
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NRAn unconventional romantic drama following a young couple traveling through North Macedonia.
Replay
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4.9An adaptation of Tao Lin’s beloved cult novel "Taipei". As one relationship collapses, another blooms for Erin, swept into the world of Paul Chen, a mysterious, charismatic author. When he proposes documenting every aspect of their courtship in an epic laptop-filmed “documentary”, the couple enter into a performative bad romance, fueled by substances and sleepless nights.
High Resolution
2018
4.9An adaptation of Tao Lin’s beloved cult novel "Taipei". As one relationship collapses, another blooms for Erin, swept into the world of Paul Chen, a mysterious, charismatic author. When he proposes documenting every aspect of their courtship in an epic laptop-filmed “documentary”, the couple enter into a performative bad romance, fueled by substances and sleepless nights.
High Resolution
2018
NRIn this concert film, OneRepublic perform from a clifftop in Malibu, California, from late afternoon to evening, to celebrate the release of their record 'Human'.
OneRepublic - "One Night in Malibu"
2021
NRA visual essay revealing social inequality as the silent sickness of COVID-19 lockdown America. To highlight the disconnect between the fantasy of Los Angeles and the lived reality for many of its citizens, a computerized voice gives a dispassionate monologue over imagery that explores the truth of a city after the tourists, luxury stores and entertainment are removed from the streets. Through silent vignettes, the film leaves us with images of homelessness, and comments on the shallowness of capitalism and the hypocrisy of multiculturalism.
It Was Like A Dream I Remember from an Easier Time
2020
NRA visual essay revealing social inequality as the silent sickness of COVID-19 lockdown America. To highlight the disconnect between the fantasy of Los Angeles and the lived reality for many of its citizens, a computerized voice gives a dispassionate monologue over imagery that explores the truth of a city after the tourists, luxury stores and entertainment are removed from the streets. Through silent vignettes, the film leaves us with images of homelessness, and comments on the shallowness of capitalism and the hypocrisy of multiculturalism.
It Was Like A Dream I Remember from an Easier Time
2020
10.0The show captures the pursuit of creation, the love of the relationship 5 Seconds of Summer have with their fans and the endless boundary of what it means to be in a band.
The 5 Seconds of Summer Show
2021
NRThe War On Drugs perform at the Ukrainian Cultural Center in Los Angeles, in support of their long-awaited and widely praised fifth studio album, “I Don’t Live Here Anymore”.
Living Proof: The War On Drugs
2021