Portrait of Jason Russell

Jason Russell

Actors · Directors · human rights defender

🇺🇸 United States

American director, choreographer, and activist

About Jason Russell

Jason Russell (born October 12, 1978) is an American film and theater director, choreographer, and activist who co-founded Invisible Children, Inc. He is the director of Kony 2012, a short documentary film that went viral in the beginning of March 2012. In the first two weeks following its release, the documentary gained more than 83 million views on YouTube and became the subject of media scrutiny and criticism. Its subject is the Ugandan rebel leader Joseph Kony, his alleged war crimes, and the movement to bring him to the International Criminal Court.

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Known for
Invisible Children, Kony 2012, UnCharitable
Born
1978-10-12

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