Jason Damian - Founder, Producer & Director



Jason holds the place as the leader of the Influence Films team, having founded the company in September 2008. The term, "Look before you leap," definitely doesn't apply to Jason, who is impulsive, artistic, and full of drive. Long before Jason formed Influence Films, he released two independent music albums.  Promotion for those albums included radio airplay and two of his music videos airing on television. After this, Jason served as a television editor and videographer for various television commercials and broadcast television. In 2007, Jason took a turn from musician to website designer - helping two of his musical idols, Jodie Rocco and Linda Rocco design their official website and fan club. The website, RealMilliVanilli.com - The Real Milli Vanilli Voices offers in depth information about Jodie Rocco and Linda Rocco, along with the rest of the real singers behind Milli Vanilli.  Once he had accomplished these dreams in the music related fields, Jason fulfilled another music related dream: working for the King of Pop, Michael Jackson! In the summer of 2008, he put his Bachelor of Arts degree in English to work, as a member of the editing staff working on Michael Jackson's third book. The book, "Thriller 25th Anniversary: The Book, Celebrating the Biggest Selling Album of All Time" allowed Michael Jackson the chance to share with the public his thoughts and reflections on the biggest selling album of all time, Thriller. As a result of helping edit the book, Jason was thanked personally by Michael Jackson inside the book! After the book was completed, Jason was selected personally to help edit faxes and other business documents for the King of Pop.  Once the book was released, Jason felt inspired by working for Michael Jackson, and decided he wanted to follow another one of his dreams. He wanted to bring some excitement to fill the void in the Kansas City film community.  As a result, in September 2008, Influence Films was born. To date, Influence Films has released several short-films, including, "The Death of Spider-Man." The short-film stars Mike Vaughn as Spider-Man. (Mike Vaughn also portrayed Spider-Man in the popular video game, "Spider-Man: Web of Shadows.") The short-film was dedicated to Michael Jackson. Influence Films has also produced several projects for private clients and local businesses. Along with producing projects for paying clients, Jason currently has various film projects in development and plans to continue to follow his dreams. 
 

Mason Welsh - Co-Writer/Storyboard Artist

Kevin Bingham - Producer

Tony Vo - Producer


Influence Films would like to acknowledge and thank:
David Noble
Amber Moelter
Stefan Münstedt
Ryan Brandt
Jason Jackson