JEAN JOSON (Director/Producer), a first generation Filipina-American, hails from the San Francisco Bay Area. She began her career in the entertainment industry at San Francisco State University working as an assistant to August Coppola on the Purple Globe Awards. She moved to Los Angeles in 1988 and began a five year career in casting (Ms. Joson was nominated for a Casting Society of America Artios award for the ABC After School Special Boys Will Be Boys). Which eventually led to agenting at Ellis Talent Group and It Models where she discovered Adewale Agbaje, star of Barry Levinson’s HBO show Oz and Lola Glaudini, star of indie film Groove among others. Upon moving to New York, Ms. Joson worked as a Production Manager on music videos and commercials as well as casting associate to renowned casting director Bonnie Timmermann on The Insider. She has produced three commercial spec spots for director Scott Lane. Ms. Joson graduated from Cal State Northridge with a degree in Film Production. Her films include two shorts, Reunion (2001 San Francisco International Asian American Film Festival, Screening Filipino 2000, Kita Mo? Film Festival) and Swan Dive (currently airing on http://www.Hypnotic.com). Her latest short film is dirty which she’d like to tour the festival circuit. She is also writing a screenplay on the life and career of the first Asian-American silent screen star Anna May Wong. Ms. Joson resides in New York City.
  Echo Entertainment, Jean Joson’s website