Jason A. Schmidt

Jason A. Schmidt is an award-winning international documentary filmmaker. Schmidt co-directed and co-produced Franz Jaegersaetter: A Man of Conscience, a short documentary that won the Redemptive Storytelling Award. Schmidt also co-directed and edited the award-winning feature documentary, On the Line, which features Martin Sheen and Susan Sarandon; and he was film editor and music editor on the award-winning feature documentary In Spite of Darkness: A Spiritual Encounter with Auschwitz. He is the winner of three Silver Telly Awards. After several years directing industrial and educational videos, Jason founded December 2nd Productions in 2004 to develop and produce documentaries in collaboration with his father and producer, Fr. Ron Schmidt. Schmidt has directed several PSA's featuring Martin Sheen, worked as a videographer on numerous documentaries, edited four films and directed and edited a music video.