Jason Dolan(II)
- Producer
- Writer
- Actor
Jason grew up on military bases in Maine (Loring AFB) and Louisiana
(Barksdale AFB) before his father retired and moved to Atlanta,
Georgia. His mother, who worked in a collections department of a bank
chain that ultimately became Bank of America, was born in Fitzgerald,
Georgia. In high school, Jason took up acting, with roles that included
Elwood P. Dowd in a production of Harvey. In the Summer of 1992, his
junior year in high school, Jason joined the production crew of a show
called "Teen Talk" that was to be shot, edited and produced by
teenagers. They traveled to the campuses of UCLA to document the
Campfire Boys and Girls annual retreat. Even though the TV show
fizzled, while in California, Jason applied for a Community Action
program called Earth Train sponsored by Hyatt Regency and the Coca Cola
Company. He returned to Los Angeles that Fall. The group consisted of a
150 kids representing six continents and over thirty countries. They
traveled from LA to San Francisco, Denver, Chicago, New York and
Washington DC by train promoting community action. The trip culminated
with them meeting with members of the United Nations and members of
Congress. The entertainment group who opened each seminar was a New
York performance entity called City Kids (its members included Dash
Mihok, Rosario Dawson and Malik Yoba). Jason became a part of their
weekend retreat promoting the melting pot that was New York in January
of 1993. Eventually, Jason moved to New York City for good in 1997,
after studying acting at the Alliance Theatre in Atlanta. In 2000,
Jason became the executive assistant of legendary film producer Martin
Poll, whose 1968 version of "The Lion in Winter" won three Academy
Awards. He worked for Poll until the Spring of 2005 when he sold his
first screenplay. He is now developing several projects.