Jason Moore


Jason Moore Biography

Jason Moore (born October 22, 1970) is an American director of film, theatre and television.

Life and career

Jason Moore was born in Fayetteville, Arkansas, and studied at Northwestern University. Moore's Broadway career began as the resident director of Les Misrables at the Imperial Theatre in 1987. He is the son of Fayetteville District Judge Rudy Moore.

In March 2003, Moore directed the musical Avenue Q, which opened Off-Broadway at the Vineyard Theatre and then moved to Broadway at the John Golden Theatre in July 2003. He was nominated for a 2004 Tony Award for his direction. Moore also directed productions of the musical in Las Vegas and London and the show's national tour. Moore directed the 2005 Broadway revival of Steel Magnolias and Shrek the Musical, starring Brian d'Arcy James and Sutton Foster which opened on Broadway in 2008. He directed the concert of Jerry Springer "? The Opera at Carnegie Hall in January 2008.

Moore, Jeff Whitty, Jake Shears, and John "JJ" Garden worked together on a new musical based on Armistead Maupin's Tales of the City. The musical premiered at the American Conservatory Theater, San Francisco, California in May 2011 and ran through July 2011.

For television, Moore has directed episodes of Dawson's Creek, One Tree Hill, Everwood, and Brothers & Sisters. As a writer, Moore adapted the play The Floatplane Notebooks with Paul Fitzgerald from the novel by Clyde Edgerton. A staged reading of the play was presented at the New Play Festival at the Charlotte, North Carolina Repertory Theatre in 1996, with a fully staged production in 1998.

In 2012, Moore made his film directorial debut with Pitch Perfect, starring Anna Kendrick and Brittany Snow. He also served as an executive producer on the sequel. He directed the film Sisters, starring Tina Fey and Amy Poehler, which was released on December 18, 2015. Moore's next project will be directing a live action Archie movie.

Works

Films

Year Film Credited as
Director Producer Other Notes
2012 Pitch Perfect
2015 Pitch Perfect 2 Executive Producer
Soundtrack Writer
2015 Sisters

Television Series

Year Series Credited as
Director Other Notes
2001-2002 Dawson's Creek 3 episodes
2002-2004 Everwood 3 episodes
2003 One Tree Hill 1 episode
2007 Brothers & Sisters 2 episodes
2013-2014 Trophy Wife 3 episodes
2015 The Voice Soundtrack writer
1 episode



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