Jason Tippet directed a short documentary called Thompson during his final year at CalArts that played Sundance and won the Jury Award at SXSW. Shortly after that he began filming his first feature documentary Only the Young. The film was acquired by Oscilloscope Laboratories and went on to be programmed by AMAZON and PBS's POV documentary series. Jason was named 25 New Faces in Filmmaker Magazine and the National Board of Review named Only the Young one of the top five films of the year. Jason is currently directing on Comedy Central's, Drunk History.