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I spoke to writer Jason Headley about his work on Lightyear. Headley is an Annie nominee for Outstanding Achievement in Writing for an Animated Feature. Lightyear was directed by Angus MacLane and stars Chris Evans.

I spoke to writer Jason Headley about his work on Lightyear. Headley is an Annie nominee for Outstanding Achievement in Writing for an Animated Feature. Lightyear was directed by Angus MacLane and stars Chris Evans.

Jason Headley - Lightyear

This week our guest is Jason Headley - a writer, director and teller of tales. In the episode, Jason talks about the risks he took along the way to becoming a movie writer for Pixar, and shares the initial reason he moved to San Francisco (one that had nothing to do with writing and his reasoning is brilliant). He talks about his creative process, how he was introduced to meditation, and why he created "F*ck That: An Honest Meditation." Tune in for a few laughs, and deep wisdoms.   Jason is the co-writer of Pixar's film "Onward" which was released last year. He wrote and directed the feature film "A Bad Idea Gone Wrong" which won a Special Jury Prize at the 2017 SXSW Film Festival. His short film "F*ck That: An Honest Meditation" has been featured at Banksy's Dismaland and he’s released a book by the same title with the purpose to help you find peace with the challenges that surround you, because they are (fucking) everywhere.  You can find out more about Jason and his work here, listen to his meditation here, buy his book anywhere you buy books, watch the move Onward on Disney+ and Amazon Prime Video, and follow along with Jason on twitter @jason_headley or instagram @heyheadley. He's also turned his meditation into an app which you can download here.   For more conversations like this and to join our community visit justbreatheproject.com and follow us on instagram @justbreathe. If you haven't already downloaded our recently re-launched app, you can click here for iPhone and here for Android. As listeners of The Quiet Life, use the code thequietlife to receive a 30 day all access trial. You can enter the code here and find directions on how to use the unique code you receive to start using the app. Happy meditating!

This week our guest is Jason Headley - a writer, director and teller of tales. In the episode, Jason talks about the risks he took along the way to becoming a movie writer for Pixar, and shares the initial reason he moved to San Francisco (one that had nothing to do with writing and his reasoning is brilliant). He talks about his creative process, how he was introduced to meditation, and why he created "F*ck That: An Honest Meditation." Tune in for a few laughs, and deep wisdoms.  Jason is the co-writer of Pixar's film "Onward" which was released last year. He wrote and directed the feature film "A Bad Idea Gone Wrong" which won a Special Jury Prize at the 2017 SXSW Film Festival. His short film "F*ck That: An Honest Meditation" has been featured at Banksy's Dismaland and he’s released a book by the same title with the purpose to help you find peace with the challenges that surround you, because they are (fucking) everywhere. You can find out more about Jason and his work <a href="http://www.jasonheadley.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">here</a>, listen to his meditation <a href="http://www.jasonheadley.com/FT.html" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">here</a>, buy his book anywhere you buy books, watch the move Onward on Disney+ and Amazon Prime Video, and follow along with Jason on twitter <a href="https://twitter.com/jason_headley" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">@jason_headley</a> or instagram <a href="https://www.instagram.com/heyheadley/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">@heyheadley</a>. He's also turned his meditation into an app which you can download <a href="https://apps.apple.com/app/id1059195733" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">here</a>.  For more conversations like this and to join our community visit <a href="https://www.justbreatheproject.com/" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">justbreatheproject.com</a> and follow us on instagram <a href="https://www.instagram.com/justbreathe/" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">@justbreathe</a>. If you haven't already downloaded our recently re-launched app, you can click <a href="https://apps.apple.com/us/app/just-breathe/id1353139507" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">here for iPhone</a> and <a href="https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.mobile.justbreatheproject" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">here for Android</a>. As listeners of The Quiet Life, use the code thequietlife to receive a 30 day all access trial. You can enter the code <a href="https://www.justbreatheproject.com/promo-codes" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">here</a> and find directions on how to use the unique code you receive to start using the app. Happy meditating!

Episode 50 with Jason Headley: Building Joy From The Inside Out

ATELIER VISIT WITH FILMMAKER &amp; PIXAR WRITER JASON HEADLEY: Atelier Visits take you into the creative workspaces of artists we admire. We're asking writers, visual artists, musicians, and filmmakers to bring you right inside their respective ateliers and share a bit about their process, their creative preoccupations, whatever is on their minds lately. It's an opportunity to spend a little while with various brilliant people who are busy doing good imaginative, artistic work. They'll speak to us directly about what life and creativity is like for them. Jason Headley is the writer and director of the feature film A Bad Idea Gone Wrong, which won a Special Jury Prize at the South by Southwest Film Festival, and which you can view online, and co-writer of Pixar’s 2020 film Onward. Headley's short film work has been featured by NBC’s Today Show, Sundance TV, and the TED conference. He created the viral short film It’s Not About the Nail, in which he also acted, and also created the viral short film F*ck That: an Honest Meditation, and the accompanying F*ck That book and F*ck That app. But these are only few of his projects. You can find out more about them and many others at jasonheadley.com.  Mentioned in this episode: purposeful emptiness; letting the story be the distraction; West Virginia; Green Bay Packers; yard sales in San Francisco; an old man and his microwave; not adorning the inoperative; Pixar's "Onward"; cake then icing; getting the reason right; getting down in the rhubarb; perspective versus intention; weirdly angled notions; keeping it simple; Headley's film "A Bad Idea Gone Wrong"; being stuck in one's own life; South by Southwest Film Festival; South by Southwest Special Jury Prize for "A Bad Idea Gone Wrong"; hot buttered chaos; being a night person; Pixar working hours; making use of the day; the guilt of not writing; story-building and cards; Pixar telecommuting; Mural digital workspace; extra wide monitors; the incredible power of procrastination; kicking one's own ass; getting the document open; tinkering; just sort of doing it; writing versus surgery; existentialism; narcissism; fear of failure; guitar playing; joyous noise; pork parts. Music: "Working the Fields" by James Paul Mitchell; "In Awe" by Evolv; "Reborn" by Swirling Ship; "Cold (instrumental)" by Anthony Lazaro; "Make Me Mad (instrumental)" by Ofrin (All music used courtesy of the artists through a licensing agreement with Artlist)--- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/in-the-atelier/support

ATELIER VISIT WITH FILMMAKER &amp; PIXAR WRITER JASON HEADLEY: Atelier Visits take you into the creative workspaces of artists we admire. We're asking writers, visual artists, musicians, and filmmakers to bring you right inside their respective ateliers and share a bit about their process, their creative preoccupations, whatever is on their minds lately. It's an opportunity to spend a little while with various brilliant people who are busy doing good imaginative, artistic work. They'll speak to us directly about what life and creativity is like for them. Jason Headley is the writer and director of the feature film <a href="https://jasonheadley.com/ABIGW.html" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">A Bad Idea Gone Wrong</a>, which won a Special Jury Prize at the South by Southwest Film Festival, and which <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CDNHAv-YvZU" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">you can view online</a>, and co-writer of Pixar’s 2020 film <a href="https://jasonheadley.com/ON.html" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Onward</a>. Headley's short film work has been featured by NBC’s Today Show, Sundance TV, and the TED conference. He created the viral short film <a href="https://jasonheadley.com/INATN.html" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">It’s Not About the Nail</a>, in which he also acted, and also created the viral short film <a href="https://jasonheadley.com/FT.html" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">F*ck That: an Honest Meditation</a>, and the accompanying <a href="https://bookshop.org/books/f-ck-that-an-honest-meditation/9781101907238" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">F*ck That book</a> and <a href="https://apps.apple.com/app/id1059195733" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">F*ck That app</a>. But these are only few of his projects. You can find out more about them and many others at <a href="https://jasonheadley.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">jasonheadley.com</a>.  Mentioned in this episode: purposeful emptiness; letting the story be the distraction; West Virginia; Green Bay Packers; yard sales in San Francisco; an old man and his microwave; not adorning the inoperative; Pixar's "Onward"; cake then icing; getting the reason right; getting down in the rhubarb; perspective versus intention; weirdly angled notions; keeping it simple; Headley's film "A Bad Idea Gone Wrong"; being stuck in one's own life; South by Southwest Film Festival; South by Southwest Special Jury Prize for "A Bad Idea Gone Wrong"; hot buttered chaos; being a night person; Pixar working hours; making use of the day; the guilt of not writing; story-building and cards; Pixar telecommuting; Mural digital workspace; extra wide monitors; the incredible power of procrastination; kicking one's own ass; getting the document open; tinkering; just sort of doing it; writing versus surgery; existentialism; narcissism; fear of failure; guitar playing; joyous noise; pork parts. Music: "Working the Fields" by James Paul Mitchell; "In Awe" by Evolv; "Reborn" by Swirling Ship; "Cold (instrumental)" by Anthony Lazaro; "Make Me Mad (instrumental)" by Ofrin (All music used courtesy of the artists through a licensing agreement with Artlist)--- Support this podcast: <a href="https://anchor.fm/in-the-atelier/support" rel="payment nofollow" target="_blank">https://anchor.fm/in-the-atelier/support</a>

Atelier Visit: Filmmaker & Pixar Writer Jason Headley

Jason Headley is a talented writer, director, and author. He recently co-wrote the Pixar film Onward featuring the voices of Tom Holland and Chris Pratt, and is currently working on another yet to be announced Pixar film.I met director Jason Headley in 2017 during South by Southwest (SXSW) in Austin, Texas. He was premiering his film A Bad Idea Gone Wrong starring Matt Jones, Will Rogers, and Eleanore Pienta. The comedy would go on to win a special jury award for best ensemble at the film festival. As I explain in this episode, It was a meeting that almost didn’t happen.Despite all the pressures of attending SXSW and promoting a film, there was a peacefulness to Headley’s personality that I found captivating. His demeanor wasn’t what I expected from a Hollywood director. In a touching moment when posing for a photo, Pienta laid her head on Headley's shoulder. It was clear he created a comfortable environment for those around him. Perhaps it’s no surprise Headley wrote a self-help book titled F*ck That: An Honest Meditation.Having loved the film and the corresponding interview, I continued to follow Headley’s career and was thrilled when it was announced he had co-written the Pixar film Onward. Unfortunately, the film’s release date of March 6, 2020 was the start of major events started shutting down due to Covid-19. The theatrical release was short-lived and by April 3 the film was available on Disney+. Thankfully, Headley is working on another project for Pixar and I can’t wait to learn more about this unannounced film. Jason Headley is one of the nicest people I’ve had a chance to interview. And we’ve stayed in touch via social media in the years since. Early on I knew he was someone I wanted to have on The Staffa Corner. I am thrilled for his continued success and can’t wait to see what the future holds for him. You can check out his film A Bad Idea Gone Wrong here on Amazon Prime . His book F*ck That: An Honest Meditation is also available here on Amazon while Pixar’s Onward can be streamed on Disney+. You can check out my review of A Bad Idea Gone Wrong and interview here. 

Jason Headley is a talented writer, director, and author. He recently co-wrote the Pixar film Onward featuring the voices of Tom Holland and Chris Pratt, and is currently working on another yet to be announced Pixar film. I met director Jason Headley in 2017 during South by Southwest (SXSW) in Austin, Texas. He was premiering his film A Bad Idea Gone Wrong starring Matt Jones, Will Rogers, and Eleanore Pienta. The comedy would go on to win a special jury award for best ensemble at the film festival. As I explain in this episode, It was a meeting that almost didn’t happen. Despite all the pressures of attending SXSW and promoting a film, there was a peacefulness to Headley’s personality that I found captivating. His demeanor wasn’t what I expected from a Hollywood director. In a touching moment when posing for a photo, Pienta laid her head on Headley's shoulder. It was clear he created a comfortable environment for those around him. Perhaps it’s no surprise Headley wrote a self-help book titled F*ck That: An Honest Meditation. Having loved the film and the corresponding interview, I continued to follow Headley’s career and was thrilled when it was announced he had co-written the Pixar film Onward. Unfortunately, the film’s release date of March 6, 2020 was the start of major events started shutting down due to Covid-19. The theatrical release was short-lived and by April 3 the film was available on Disney+. Thankfully, Headley is working on another project for Pixar and I can’t wait to learn more about this unannounced film. Jason Headley is one of the nicest people I’ve had a chance to interview. And we’ve stayed in touch via social media in the years since. Early on I knew he was someone I wanted to have on The Staffa Corner. I am thrilled for his continued success and can’t wait to see what the future holds for him. You can check out his film <a href="https://www.amazon.com/Bad-Idea-Gone-Wrong/dp/B074F5CNJ5" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">A Bad Idea Gone Wrong here on Amazon Prime </a>. His book <a href="https://www.amazon.com/F-ck-That-Honest-Meditation/dp/1101907231/ref=sr_1_3?dchild=1&amp;keywords=F*ck+That%3A+An+Honest+Meditation&amp;qid=1614546519&amp;sr=8-3" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">F*ck That: An Honest Meditation is also available here on Amazon</a> while Pixar’s Onward can be streamed on Disney+. <a href="https://www.yourentertainmentcorner.com/movie-review-a-bad-idea-gone-wrong-wrong-place-wrong-time/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">You can check out my review of A Bad Idea Gone Wrong and interview here</a>.

Writer/Director Jason Headley talks about SXSW and working at Pixar

Jason Headley is an indie filmmaking success. Not only did his short receive over 15 million views, he also has a career directing commercials and writing for Pixar. And now Jason's debut feature film "A Bad Idea Gone Wrong" is being released.

Jason Headley is an indie filmmaking success. Not only did his short receive over 15 million views, he also has a career directing commercials and writing for Pixar. And now Jason's debut feature film "A Bad Idea Gone Wrong" is being released.

Episode 129 - Jason Headley - Living the Filmmaker's Dream

Grant and Vince talk with writer/director and longtime freelancer Jason Headley about life as an independent creative—how he got started, the ups, the downs, and the size of your dragon.

Grant and Vince talk with writer/director and longtime freelancer Jason Headley about life as an independent creative—how he got started, the ups, the downs, and the size of your dragon.