Jason Lei Howden

 Jason Lei Howden is a writer and director based in Wellington, New Zealand. He was born in Greymouth, grew up in Nelson and studied film in Wellington.He is known for crazy, over-the-top horror and action comedy, though works in other genres too.His first feature Deathgasm premiered at South by South West in 2015 and played in over 50 international film festivals. It collected multiple awards including audience choice awards, Best Director at the Knoxville Horror Film Festival, Best Film at Toronto After Dark, and Best Feature Screenplay from the New Zealand Writers Guild.

  Jason Lei Howden’s first feature Deathgasm premiered at South by South West in 2015 and went on to play in over 50 international film festivals, collecting dozens of awards including multiple audience choice awards, Best Director at the Knoxville Horror Film Festival, Best Film at Toronto After Dark, and Best Feature Screenplay from the New Zealand Writers Guild. His second feature, starring Daniel Radcliffe and Samara Weaving premiered at the 2019 Toronto International Film Festival and is set for releases in 2020 and 2021. Jason Lei Howden is the Director of Guns Akimbo, one of the person behind its success. Guns Akimbo is New Zealand comedy action film written and directed by Jason Lei Howden, best known director and writer for his action and horror comedy films. Jason is also a VFX artist and has worked at Weta Digital, Iloura/Method Studios and Park Road Post. His first feature Deathgasm premiered at South by South West in 2015 and went on to play in over 50 international fi...

  Jason Lei Howden is the Director of Guns Akimbo, one of the person behind its success. Guns Akimbo is New Zealand comedy action film written and directed by Jason Lei Howden, best known director and writer for his action and horror comedy films. Jason is also a VFX artist and has worked at Weta Digital, Iloura/Method Studios and Park Road Post. 

Jason Lei Howden ’s first feature Deathgasm premiered at South by South West in 2015 and went on to play in over 50 international film festivals, collecting dozens of awards including multiple audience choice awards, Best Director at the Knoxville Horror Film Festival, Best Film at Toronto After Dark, and Best Feature Screenplay from the New Zealand Writers Guild. His second feature, starring Daniel Radcliffe and Samara Weaving premiered at the 2019 Toronto International Film Festival and is set for releases in 2020 and 2021.

Jason Lei Howden’s first feature Deathgasm premiered at South by South West in 2015 and went on to play in over 50 international film festivals, collecting dozens of awards including multiple audience choice awards, Best Director at the Knoxville Horror Film Festival, Best Film at Toronto After Dark, and Best Feature Screenplay from the New Zealand Writers Guild. His second feature, starring Daniel Radcliffe and Samara Weaving premiered at the 2019 Toronto International Film Festival and is set for releases in 2020 and 2021.  Jason Lei Howden

Jason Lei Howden is a writer and director from Wellington, New Zealand. He is known for crazy, over-the-top horror and action comedy but has more subtle thriller work in progress, along side Deathgasm 2: Goremageddon. In 2018, Jason wrote the feature film adaptation of Dead Island, the hit zombie video game by Deep Silver. The trailer garnered over 16 million views on YouTube. Jason Lei Howden