“I hear the way people talk about the children of famous people. They're not treated very well. The presumptions are usually quite awful. So I tried to establish myself with a couple of movies. After 'Juno' I thought: 'I think I've defined myself enough as my own director that I'd love to work with my father.'”

Canadian and American filmmaker

Jason Reitman is a Canadian and American filmmaker best known for directing films such as Thank You for Smoking, Juno, Up in the Air, Young Adult, Ghostbusters: Afterlife, and Saturday Night. He has received a Grammy Award, a Golden Globe, and four Academy Award nominations, including two for Best Director. The son of director Ivan Reitman, he is also known for frequent collaborations with screenwriter Diablo Cody and director Gil Kenan.