JasonLei Howden
- Director
- Writer
Raised in Greymouth, heavy metal fan Jason Lei Howden left high school at 17 to work as a cameraman and editor at a local TV station. After attending Avalon Film and Television School in 2005, he moved into visual effects. In 2013 Howden won the Make My Horror Movie contest, which awarded him $200,000 to direct a feature. The result was acclaimed horror comedy Deathgasm, about teen heavy metal fans who accidentally summon demons in a conservative town. Howden followed it with 2019 action comedy Guns Akimbo. Harry Potter's Daniel Radcliffe stars as a man fighting for his life, while the world watches online.
Screenography
Awards
2015 Molins Horror Film Festival (Spain)
Best Film: Deathgasm
2015 South by Southwest Festival (United States)
Nominated for Audience Award - Midnight Section: Deathgasm
“I’ve been a big horror nut for as long as I can remember. I’d go through the old VHS video stores and hire every movie and go through them day by day, ticking them off. That was my horror education.”