Jason Lapeyre is a Canadian film director, producer, and screenwriter."The 2013 10 to Watch: Jason Lapeyre". Playback, September 4, 2013. He is best known for his 2012 film I Declare War, which premiered at the Toronto International Film Festival"I Declare War: Toronto Review". The Hollywood Reporter, September 15, 2012. and won the Audience Award at Fantastic Fest."‘I Declare War,’ ‘Vanishing Waves,’ and ‘Here Comes the Devil’ Win at 2012 Fantastic Fest". IndieWire, September 25, 2012. I Declare War was released theatrically in the US by Drafthouse Films."Drafthouse Acquires Capture-The-Flag Actioner ‘I Declare War’". Deadline Hollywood, January 30, 2013."Film Review: ‘I Declare War’". Variety (magazine), September 1, 2013."Review: ‘I Declare War’ delves into kids’ imaginary world with charm’". Los Angeles Times, August 29, 2013.
Early life and career Lapeyre grew up as an army brat on Canadian military bases all over the world."I Declare War: Coming of Age in an Age of Guns". Creative Screenwriting, July 29, 2014. He attended film school at Queen's University."Queen’s graduate gets gritty". The Queen's Journal, March 9, 2012.
Lapeyre's debut feature, Cold Blooded, premiered at the Fantasia Film Festival"First Trailer For Jason Lapeyre's Dark Thriller COLD BLOODED". Screen Anarchy, July 6, 2012. and won the award for Best Canadian Feature."Fantasia reports record attendance for 2012 festival". Playback, August 10, 2012. Lead performer Zoie Palmer won Best Actress for the film at the Bare Bones Film Festival."Film fans come to city". Muskogee Phoenix, April 23, 2012.
He also produced the 2016 feature film The Lockpicker,"Local Reel Asian Fest director isn’t too cool for school" . Now Magazine, November 8, 2016. which won the John Dunning Discovery Award for Best First Feature Film at the 5th Canadian Screen Awards in 2017."Randall Okita to receive inaugural John Dunning Discovery Award". Playback, January 12, 2017.
In 2019, Lapeyre directed the streaming series Warigami"The CW Partners With CBC On Short-Form Samurai Drama ‘Warigami’ As Canadian Broadcaster Unveils Youth Slate". Deadline, July 29, 2014. for CW Seed and CBC Gem."Exclusive trailer: Paper cuts deep in CW Seed's wild new Warigami martial arts series". Syfy Wire, July 10, 2019. It premiered at Canneseries, where it was nominated for Best Short-Form Series."Warigami". Canneseries, December 2, 2019.
Filmography Faceless (2011) Cold Blooded (2011) The Captured Bird (2012) (as producer) I Declare War (2012) Cold Deck (2015) (as writer) The Lockpicker (2016) (as producer) Warigami (2019)
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