Jason Dean Hall (born April 28, 1972) is an American screenwriter, film director, and former actor. He played the recurring character of Devon MacLeish in Buffy the Vampire Slayer. He had a guest star on Without a Trace as Jesse in season two. As a screenwriter, Hall wrote Spread (2009), Paranoia (2003) (with Barry Levy), and the screenplay for American Sniper (2014),[1] for which he received an Academy Award nomination for Best Adapted Screenplay. He then wrote and directed Thank You for Your Service (2017) and co-wrote Gran Turismo (2023). Description above from the Wikipedia article Jason Hall (screenwriter), licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
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Biography from TMDB.
- April 28, 1972 (54)
- Lake Arrowhead, California, USA
- Writer, producer and director
- 10 on Motif · 23 credits in all
What are Jason Hall's films like?
Across their 6 Motif titles with a thematic analysis, their films lean Survival and Self.
Genres
Their Motif films by primary genre. The badge is the typical Midcredits score of the genre's films, the median percentile; an up arrow marks a genre at or above their average across these genres.
Themes
What they feel like to watch
Ironic 0 · Wry 0 · Earnest 6
Light 1 · Serious 3 · Dark 2
Grounded 5 · Stylized 1 · Heightened 0
A split, not a type: Gentle 1 · Charged 2 · Intense 3
Steady 2 · Shifting 4 · Whiplash 0
Straight-faced 4 · Some laughs 2 · Funny 0
Slow burn 2 · Even-paced 4 · Relentless 0
Casual 2 · Engaged 3 · Full focus 1
Easy watch 2 · Affecting 2 · Heavy 2
Resolved 5 · Open-ended 1 · Ambiguous 0
Moods and endings
- Happy1
- Bittersweet5
AI-generated from each title's plot synopsis and cast list, with extra plot summaries, reviews and Parents Guide notes for titles the model may not know, and the model's own knowledge of the ones it recognizes. Only analyzed titles count, so this covers part of the filmography; the feel axes count films only for now.
Where can I watch Jason Hall's films?
As of October 24, 2026, 6 of their 10 Motif titles stream on a subscription or free service, most on Hulu (3).
Subscription and free streaming for Jason Hall's titles on Motif; rent and buy are not counted. Titles are listed by Midcredits score, highest first, at most 12 per service; a dashed chip is a producer credit or a minor one, such as a thanks. A service opens the browse page, which counts movies only, so its number can differ.
Filmography
23 credits, 10 with a Motif page; 2 appearances as themselves are hidden until asked for.
The Thomas Crown Affair (not in the Motif catalog yet)(2027)
Gran Turismo(2023)
Midcredits score: 86th percentile of all films
Midcredits score: 67th percentile of all films
American Sniper(2014)
Midcredits score: 87th percentile of all films
Paranoia(2013)
Midcredits score: 21st percentile of all films
Spread(2009)
Midcredits score: 31st percentile of all films
Miss Match (not in the Motif catalog yet)(2003)
Midcredits score: 58th percentile of all films
Terrarium (not in the Motif catalog yet)(2003)
Without a Trace(2002)
Midcredits score: 53rd percentile of all shows
CSI: Miami(2002)
Midcredits score: 39th percentile of all shows
Play Dead (not in the Motif catalog yet)(2001)
The District (not in the Motif catalog yet)(2000)
Starting Out (not in the Motif catalog yet)(1999)
Providence (not in the Motif catalog yet)(1999)
Me and Will(1999)
Midcredits score: 21st percentile of all films
Original Sin (not in the Motif catalog yet)(1997)
Buffy the Vampire Slayer(1997)
Midcredits score: 93rd percentile of all showsAmerican Drug Lord (not in the Motif catalog yet)
Fearless: The Adam Brown Story (not in the Motif catalog yet)
Untitled NAVY Seal Film (not in the Motif catalog yet)
Valet (not in the Motif catalog yet)
Wild Game (not in the Motif catalog yet)
Career shape
Star power in the 40th percentile of 239,109 people with a billed film role, over a full career of 22 titles, 16 of them dated from 1997 to 2023.
Film career
- 1997Screen debut· Buffy the Vampire Slayer
- 2003First film· 44 Minutes: The North Hollywood Shoot-Out
Counts from TMDB across their full career, self appearances out; a title counts in every role they held on it. The ring is the typical Midcredits score (the median percentile) of the role's titles that are on Motif, shown from 5 scored.
Awards
3 major nominations and no wins, 2015.
- Oscar, nominated · Best Writing, Adapted Screenplay
- BAFTA Award, nominated · Best Adapted Screenplay
+1 other major body · 1 nomination
- Writers Guild Award, nominated · Best Adapted Screenplay
Major bodies only: the Oscars, Primetime Emmys, Golden Globes, BAFTAs and Screen Actors Guild Awards are named; Cannes, Venice, the Berlinale, Sundance, the directors', writers' and producers' guilds, the Grammys, Critics Choice and the Independent Spirit Awards count as other major bodies. Festival and regional prizes are not counted. Source: IMDb.
How do Jason Hall's films land?
Their typical Motif film has a Midcredits score in the 58th percentile, the median of all 7; across their 6 films with reception data, the typical film sits in the 49th percentile for acclaim.
- 75th and up3
- 50th to 74th3
- 25th to 49th2
- Below 25th2
Shape of the crowd
5 of their 10 titles are Crowd Pleasers.
- Universally Loved1
- Cult Classic1
- Crowd Pleaser5
- Broadly Agreed1
- Mixed2
Reviewers score the dialogue 44/100 and the plot and story 42/100 in their films, across 6 reviewed titles. The element that speaks to their work as a writer.
Percentiles are each film's standing among all films on Motif; the typical film is the median, so one outlier cannot drag it. Percentiles and reviewer scores count the films IMDb credits them on, for now; the Midcredits score bands, the shape of the crowd and the two cards count their Motif titles, shows included (a show ranked among shows), appearances as themselves left out. A descriptor is the shape of a title's IMDb rating distribution against the catalog; "most divisive" needs a spread wider than half of all titles, and a card names only a principal credit: a craft role, and on a show a crew role or a run of episodes, never a courtesy credit or a one-off guest spot.
Is Jason Hall's work okay for kids?
Across up to 5 Motif titles with content scores, sex & nudity, profanity and frightening / intense run heavier than most films.
Severity 0–100 from the Content Guide. Categories with under 10 votes on a title are not counted. The band's colour is the severity of their median, named beside it.
Who does Jason Hall work with?
People who share at least 2 of Jason Hall's Motif titles; Peter Morgan shares the most, 2.
- Peter MorganShared titles: American Sniper (2014), Spread (2009)See all 2 shared titles with Peter Morgan