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Jason Buxton is a Canadian film director and screenwriter. He wrote and directed three short films, A Fresh Start, The Garden and The Drawing, before debuting his first full-length feature film, Blackbird, in 2012.
Blackbird was nominated for two awards at the 1st Canadian Screen Awards, including a nomination for Best Original Screenplay. It was also a co-winner, alongside Brandon Cronenberg's Antiviral, of the Best Canadian First Feature Film award at the 2012 Toronto International Film Festival. The film won three awards at that year's Atlantic Film Festival: Best Atlantic Feature, Best Atlantic Director, and the Michael Weir Award for Outstanding Atlantic Screenplay. Blackbird also won the 2013 Claude Jutra Award for the year's best Canadian film by a first-time director.
Buxton is based in Chester, Nova Scotia.
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