Jason Lei Howden is a writer and director based in Wellington, New Zealand. 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.

His second feature, Guns Akimbo starring Daniel Radcliffe and Samara Weaving premiered at the 2019 Toronto International Film Festival and was released in 2020 and 2021.

Jason is also a VFX artist and has worked at Weta Digital, Iloura, Method Studios and Park Road Post. His VFX credits include The Avengers, Prometheus, The Hobbit Trilogy, The Great Gatsby, The Wolverine, Man of Steel and War of the Planet of the Apes.

Jason is also Vision Feast alumnus, winning best VFX in 2021 for his work on Bulletbelts music video - Flames of Hell.