Jason Keever

Jason Keever (born September 5, 1980) is an American writer and director. His first novel, The Cathartic Days of Bailey Mase, was published on December 4, 2014. Keever has directed commercials for Ogilvy, Saatchi & Saatchi, Toyota, Axe Body Spray and many others. In 2008, his commercial for the Save The Children foundation was nominated for a Cannes Golden Lion. Keever has also worked as a production assistant on the films The Terminal, X-Men: The Last Stand, Ray and numerous others. For its final two seasons, he served as a production assistant on the television series The West Wing.
Keever was born in Rutherfordton, North Carolina, and graduated from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill in 2003 with a degree in Journalism and Mass Communication. Shortly thereafter, he made his way to Los Angeles where he began working as a production assistant on various projects. In 2006, Keever was offered a position as Vice President International Sales with the post-production company Chainsaw Europe located in Bucharest, Romania. This was his first time overseas, not counting trips to the Bahamas in college. While in Romania, Keever began directing commercials for various advertising agencies. His job required him to attend numerous advertising festivals, allowing him to visit countries all over Europe and the UK. In 2008, he co-founded his own viral advertising company, Epidemic, and served as Creative Director. Epidemic was one of the first companies to promote viral advertising in Eastern Europe, pioneering the strategy. During his time in Europe, Keever made trips to Turkey, Nepal and Thailand. These journeys directly influenced his writing to come and can especially be seen in the prose of his first novel. His writing and direction of the television spot "Curb Crawling" brought attention to and helped raise money for the Save The Children foundation.
After returning to the States, and being frustrated at the inability to get his film made in Romania, Keever set about writing numerous scripts in the hope that one would be successful. Eventually, at the suggestion of a friend, he turned one of his screenplays, The Cathartic Days of Bailey Mase, into a novel. After a total of eight years of on and off gestation, it was published on December 4, 2014, to positive reviews.

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