Jason DeStefano

Jason DeStefano (aka "Jason D") was born on November 20, 1974 in Hackensack, NJ. He was raised in Lodi, NJ by parents of Italian and Irish descent. He is the oldest of three children, with both of his siblings being sisters. From a very early age, he was fascinated by movies, filmmaking, and Hollywood culture. However, he chose not to pursue formal filmmaking studies after high school because he had a strong aptitude for science, mathematics, and computer programming as well as a number of achievements in those subject areas. After graduating from Bergen Catholic High School in Oradell, NJ in 1992, he attended Virginia Commonwealth University in Richmond, VA, where he studied Chemistry, Physics, and Pre-medicine. He eventually continued his education at New Jersey Institute of Technology in Newark, NJ, where he studied Computer Engineering, and Sage College in Albany, NY, where he studied Computer Information Systems.Jason spent the majority of his adult life working in computer programming and IT. However, parallel to that work, he managed to continuously explore screenwriting, filmmaking, and video and sound production as side pursuits in hopes of someday starting a business and making a career transition.Jason's first experiences with movie-making began at the age of 12, when he bought his first video camera with money he had saved from mowing lawns over the summer. It was then that he began writing short movie scripts and making home movies with his family and friends for fun. As technology emerged over the years and his interest in movie-making continued, he gained skills and experience in areas such as digital video editing, cinematography, special effects production, animation, and sound production. However, his primary interests were always writing and directing. He wrote a number of feature length screenplays over the years, with plans to start an independent production company and self produce them. Due to various circumstances of life, his official production pursuits were postponed until 2017, when two of his new feature film concepts went into development.In his personal life, Jason married his wife Analyn in July of 2017 after dating her for several months and realizing that she was his perfect match and his destiny. They are both practicing Christians. He and Analyn have plans to start a family someday as well as to collaborate on a number of creative projects in the areas of both film production and software development.After being inspired by a trip to Hollywood that he and Analyn took in 2018, Jason began taking on small roles in various movie and television productions being filmed in the New York City area in his spare time. After the first few shoots, he decided that he wanted to transition into a more serious acting career and take on larger roles.Jason is currently leading the development of two feature film projects with projected release dates in 2020 and 2021. He will also be appearing in a feature film scheduled for release in 2019 as well as in several television and music video productions scheduled to air at the end of 2018. Show less «