Jason Ensler

Jason Ensler is an American director, producer, and screenwriter.

Early life Jason Ensler attended Brandeis University where he earned a BA in Politics and Theater. He graduated from the USC School of Cinematic Arts with an MFA in Cinema/Television production.

Career

Ensler began his work in television as a director at NBC 2000, a division of NBC promo. He designed launch campaigns for The West Wing, Scrubs, Frasier, Third Watch, the Olympics, and the National Basketball Association. He wrote and directed The Zucker Follies, a musical mockumentary starring Megan Mullally, Martin Sheen, and Sean Hayes.

Ensler’s first film was Behind the Camera: The Unauthorized Story of Three's Company for NBC, which documents the set of the show Three's Company. He has since directed and executive produced the pilots for Andy Barker, P.I., Franklin & Bash, Hart of Dixie, Cult, The Passage, Monarch, and Wolf Pack, among others. He served as executive producer and series director on Fox's The Exorcist and on all three seasons of Love, Victor on Hulu and Disney+.

His other television directing credits include Scrubs, The West Wing, Brooklyn Nine-Nine, Kath & Kim, Sirens, Hostages, The Newsroom, Will Trent, and The Old Man. He is an executive producer and director on season two of Percy Jackson and the Olympians.

Documentaries Ensler is on the executive board of Shifting Baselines, a think tank and production entity founded and run by Randy Olson, that seeks to find more effective ways of communicating science to the public. Ensler produced, directed and edited IRIS, a documentary for the Children's Hospital Los Angeles about retinoblastoma, a rare form of children's eye cancer, which was effective in passing legislation in California for early detection. He produced, directed, and edited Farewell, My Subaru, a short documentary about author Doug Fine and his carbon-neutral lifestyle in rural New Mexico.

Filmography

Films Year Title Credit Role Notes 2006 Grilled Director 2001 Kissing Jessica Stein Additional editor and creative consultant 2000 Alcatraz Avenue TR Jones 1999 12 Stops on the Road to Nowhere Editor 1998 The List Producer Roxy Emcee

Television Season 2, episode 3

Season 2, episode 4

Season 2, episode 3

Season 1, episode 2

Season 1, episode 10

Season 2, episode 1

Season 2, episode 4

Season 2, episode 10

Season 3, episode 1

Season 3, episode 4

Season 3, episode 6

Season 1, episode 1

Season 1, episode 2

Season 1, episode 3

Season 1, episode 920172 Broke GirlsDirector1 episode Season 6, episode 12The ExorcistDirector Executive producer3 episodes Season 2, episode 201

Season 2, episode 206

Season 1, episode 104

Season 1, episode 105

Executive producer3 episodes Executive producer12 episodes Season 1, episode 1 2011-2012 Franklin & Bash Director Executive producer 7 episodes