JASON P. FURUKAWA DIRECTOR ONLINE REEL 4th generation Japanese Canadian visible Asian ethnic minority
FILM/TELEVISION NETWORK PRODUCERS
WATCH YOUR BACK MOW Lifetime EP: Tom Berry, Richard Gabai
BLOOD, LIES AND ALIBIS Investigation Discovery EP: Ron Goetz
MR. YOUNG S3 ½ hr – 5 eps Disney / YTV EP: Dan Signer, Mike Shepard, Howard Nemetz
MR. YOUNG S2 ½ hr – 3 eps Disney / YTV EP: Dan Signer, Mike Shepard, Howard Nemetz
THE HAUNTING HOUR S3 ½ hr – 1 eps The Hub Network / TELETOON EP: Dan Angel, Billy Brown, Kim Arnott, Harvey Kahn **Emmy Nomination
THE HAUNTING HOUR S2 ½ hr – 1 eps The Hub Network / TELETOON EP: Dan Angel, Billy Brown, Kim Arnott, Harvey Kahn
THE HAUNTING HOUR S1 ½ hr – 2 eps The Hub Network / TELETOON EP: Dan Angel, Billy Brown, Kim Arnott, Harvey Kahn
THE GUARD S2 1 hr – 1 eps Global TV EP: Shawn Williamson, Raymond Storey, Charles Bishop, Peter Mitchell
ROBSON ARMS S3 ½ hr – 1 eps CTV EP: Susin Nielsen, Gary Harvey, Brian Hamilton
ROBSON ARMS S2 ½ hr – 1 eps CTV EP: Susin Nielsen, Gary Harvey, Brian Hamilton
GODIVA’S 1 hr – 1 eps City TV / Bravo! EP: Michael Maclennen, Julia Keatley
MUSTARD PANCAKES ½ hr - 15 eps American PBS EP: Joel Wertman, Liza Perel, Courtney Campbell
ROBSON ARMS S1 ½ hr – 1 eps CTV EP: Susin Nielsen, Gary Harvey, Brian Hamilton
COLD SQUAD S7 1 hr – 1 eps CTV EP: Peter Mitchell, Matt Macleod, Julia Keatley Co EP: Gary Harvey
COLD SQUAD S6 1 hr – 1 eps CTV EP: Peter Mitchell, Matt Macleod, Julia Keatley
2nd UNIT:
BEYOND S1 ABC EP: Steven A. Adelson, Brian Kavanaugh-Jones, Justin Levy
GRACEPOINT S1 FOX Television EP: Daniel Futterman, Anya Epstein Carolyn Bernstein, John Goldwyn, Jane Featherstone and Chris Chibnall
WITCHES OF THE EAST END S1 FOX Television EP: Maggie Friedman, Erwin Stoff
COLD SQUAD S5 CTV EP: Peter Mitchell, Matt Macleod, Julia Keatley
ICE ANGELS MOW Fox Family Channel EP: Lance Robbins, James Shavick
FIRST ASSISTANT DIRECTOR CREDITS (select)
TELEVISION NETWORK DIRECTOR PACHINKO Apple+ Various BRAND NEW CHERRY FLAVOR NBC Various THE TERROR S3 aka INFAMY AMC Various CHARMED CBS / The CW Various THE BLETCHLEY CIRCLE: SAN FRANCISCO City TV / BritBox / ITV / Netflix Various IMPOSTERS, S1 BRAVO Various BEYOND, S1 ABC Various STRANGE CALLS (PILOT) FOX TV Jason Winer
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FIRST ASSISTANT DIRECTOR CREDITS (continued…)
THE CLARK BROTHERS WB Network Mel Damsky GRACEPOINT FOX TV Various / James Strong WITCHES OF THE EAST END, S1 FOX TV Various / Jonathan Kaplan MR. YOUNG S3 Disney / YTV Various THE HAUNTING HOUR, S1 S2 S3 The Hub Network / TELETOON Various SMALLVILLE S3 WB Network Various COLD SQUAD S4 - S8 CTV Various ROBSON ARMS S1 S2 S3 CTV / Comedy Network Various EXES AND OHS S1 S2 LOGO / MTV Networks Various THE GUARD Global Various GODIVA’S City TV / Bravo! Various MERCY POINT Columbia TriStar / Mandalay Various VIPER NBC Various THE X FILES, SEASON IV FOX Various / Kim Manners / Rob Bowman LONESOME DOVE THE SERIES Telegenic Programs Various
FEATURE STUDIO DIRECTOR COME TO DADDY Saban Films Ant Timpson COLD PURSUIT Lionsgate Hans Petter Moland MIDNIGHT SUN Open Road Films / 20th Century Fox Scott Speer WARRIOR’S GATE EuropaCorp Matthias Hoene Written and produced by Luc Besson TUCKER & DALE VS EVIL Voltage Pictures / Eden Rock Media Eli Craig WHISPER Universal Pictures Stuart Hendler SPYMATE Keystone Entertainment / Miramax Robert Vince FALLING ANGELS Tryp Tych / Minds Eye Entertainment Scott Smith MXP Keystone Entertainment / Miramax Robert Vince HERE’S TO LIFE! Red Sky Entertainment Arne Olsen FREEWAY TWO: Cinevue Films Mathew Bright CONFESSIONS OF A TRICKBABY
20 + MOWs for A & E, Lifetime, Hallmark, SyFy, TBS Superstation, Fox Family Channel, CTV, Showtime, CBC
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BIOGRAPHY
• FULL DGC Member as dual category DIRECTOR/ FIRST ASSISTANT DIRECTOR • Jason Furukawa is a 4th generation Japanese Canadian visible Asian ethnic minority • He is a Graduate from the Southern Alberta Institute of Technology from the CTSR Program (Cinema, TV, Stage and Radio Arts) • DGC Member since 1989 • UBCP Member since 2013
Jason began his artistic ventures in Stage and Musical Theatre as a professional singer while going to school for Film and TV.
His first TV job was as an in-house editor for a post-production house in Calgary under contract with the IOC in 1989.
After gaining his DGC membership Jason moved to Vancouver where he sought to begin his career as a Production Assistant.
st Jason climbed the industry ladder from PA to TAD to 3rd, 2nd and then 1st AD. 1 ADing on some of the biggest shows in Vancouver including The X-Files, Smallville, AMC’s The Terror aka Infamy and most recently, Apple TV’s Pachinko.
Jason was given the opportunity in 2001 to direct on the Canadian TV series “Cold Squad” for CTV. This launched him down the Directing path. Canadian credits continued with the drama “Godiva’s” (CITY TV), the kid’s sitcom “Mr. Young” (YTV/Disney), comedy series “Robson Arms” (CTV)) and multiple seasons of the American series “R.L. Stein’s The Haunting Hour” (HUB) for which Jason was proudly nominated for a DAYTIME EMMY for Outstanding Directing of a Children’s Series from the National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences in the United States.
With his good fortune of working on every possible form of Film and TV over 30 years as a film maker and holding the position as a 1st AD on mainstream Film and TV, this has offered him the opportunity to work side by side executing the production decisions of some of the top Director’s in Hollywood. He has been a part of both high and low budget production since the start of his career.
As a DIRECTOR, Jason brings not just the creative disciplines of production but also by being an AD he understands production schedule and time.
His passion continues to be directing but his love is for his wife and two awesome kids. That’s his best work of all.
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