- Birth nameJason Swain
- Nickname
- Swain
- Height5′ 11″ (1.80 m)
- Jason Swain's pursuit of a film career took root in 1994, when he left the mail room at the NBC headquarters in New York and headed to Atlanta, Georgia. Swain first learned how to Direct and edit while attending Clark Atlanta University (CAU). He received a Kodak Film Stock Grant after being named overall winner in the Atlanta Film festival at Clark for his first film "Down 4 Whatever". After almost 20 years, in addition to Directing his 4th Feature film, Swain is Executive Director at his own Non-profit organization's "Makin' Room At The Top" (MRATT) Youth Film Program. The Youth from MRATT co-produced and co-Directed the Feature film "Save Me From Love" with Swain. Swain often adds "MRATT" to most of his credits when anyone from the program assists.- IMDb Mini Biography By: Mratt
- Graduated from Clark Atlanta University (CAU).
- Swain grew up from the time he was 10 years old with his father James and brother Dirk Swain, in the same Bronx, New York Apartment. Dirk died in 1991. James died in 2008.
- In October 2008 Swain lost his dad, James E. Swain and his paternal grandmother Eula Christine Swain-Johnson. They died 13 days apart in the Bronx. James was diagnosed with cancer in late August 2008 and died in October. Swain rushed him to the hospital and stayed with him everyday before he died.
- On June 18th 2006 the first screening of the recent Draft of the City College 9 Documentary will be shown at Reeladelphia, Philadelphia's Premiere Independent Urban Film & Music Cafe'.
- Taught Film production to teens at R&B Singer Usher's "Camp New Look" in Atlanta.
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