Who needs therapy?!? Just make movies...
Writer. Director. Actor. Musician. Drummer (wait for it…). Model. Artist. Canvas. Columnist. Proudest Papa EVER. And as Creative Director of the straight jacket-tested/doctor-approved Mad Ones Films, from Greensboro North Carolina, Jaysen Buterin's mission has been to show the unbridled kaleidoscopic creativity just waiting to be unleashed when the inmates are finally allowed to run the movie-making asylum. More comfortable behind the camera as the writer/director of the award-winning "Tarantino meets Twilight Zone" sin-soaked short film trilogy, "The Gospel According to Booze, Bullets & Hot Pink Jesus," the on-the-road killer thriller, "Between Hell and a Hard Place," or the sinister stay-at-home horror hits of "Don't Let the Light In" and "The Corner," he's also at home in front of the camera, acting in such frightful and delightful films as "Knob Goblins," "Loop," "Hybrid," "Born Again," "Mama's Boy" and "Identity Thieves". Currently Buterin and the Mad Ones are working on their very first feature-length film, the coulrophobia-courting/clown killing goodness of "KILL GIGGLES"!!!
FINALIST: BEST UNPRODUCED FEATURE SCREENPLAY
Kill Giggles
New Orleans Horror Film Festival
New Orleans, LA
2018
FINALIST: BEST (UNPRODUCED) FEATURE SCREENPLAY
Kill Giggles
Austin Revolution Film Festival
Austin, TX
2018
FINALIST: BEST UNPRODUCED SCREENPLAY
Kill Giggles
GenreBlast Film Festival
Winchester, VA
2018
Best Un-produced Screenplay (Feature)
Kill Giggles
Crimson Screen Horror Film Festival
Charleston, SC
2018
WINNER: BEST PRODUCED SHORT SCREENPLAY
Killing Giggles
GenreBlast Film Festival
Winchester, VA
2018
NOMINEE: BEST MICRO HORROR; BEST FX
Killing Giggles
Austin Revolution Film Festival
Austin, Texas
2018
BEST ACTOR: MICHAEL RAY WILLIAMS
Killing Giggles
ConCarolinas Short Film Festival
Charlotte, NC
2018
WINNER: Best Director; Best Make-Up Fx/Costume
Killing Giggles
MystiCon Independent Film Festival
Roanoke, VA
2018
WINNER: BEST HORROR
The Corner
Big Fandom Greenville Film Festival
Greenville, SC
2017
WINNER: BEST HORROR SCORE - SHORT FILM
The Corner
GenreBlast Film Festival
Winchester, VA
2017
WINNER: BEST HORROR
The Corner
Cape Fear Independent Film Festival
Wilmington, NC
2017
Semi-Finalist, Best Short
The Corner
Southern Sykos Horror Film Festival
Online
2017
WINNER: BEST SUSPENSE
The Corner
Con Carolinas Short Film Festival
Charlotte, NC
2017
Nominee: Best Director Short Film
The Corner
Crimson Screen Film Festival
Charleston, SC
2017
Nominee: Best Midnight Short Film
The Corner
Twister Alley International Film Festival
Woodward, OK
2017
BEST IN SHOW
The Corner
MystiCon Independent Film Festival
Roanoke, VA
2017
AWARDS: Best Sound; Best Editing.
Don't Let the Light In
Horror In The Hills Film Festival
Gatlinburg, TN
2017
Rising Star Acting Award for Will Garrett Davis
Don't Let the Light In
Bare Bones International Film Festival
Muskogee, OK
2017
WINNER: Best Horror Film - Short
Don't Let the Light In
Native American Film and Video Festival of the Southeast
Columbia, SC
2016
Spirit of Fright Night Award
Don't Let the Light In
Fright Nights Film Festival
Louisville, KY
2016
OFFICIAL NOMINEE: Best NC Film
Don't Let the Light In
Sick Chick Flicks Film Festival
Cary, NC
2016
Official Nominee: Best Cinematography (Short Film)
Don't Let the Light In
Nightmares International Film Festival
Columbus, OH
2016
OFFICIAL NOMINEE: Best Actor; Best NC Film
Don't Let the Light In
Wreak Havoc Film Festival
Greensboro, NC
2016
OFFICIAL NOMINEE: Best Child Actor Short; Best Horror Short
Don't Let the Light In
Austin Revolution Film Festival
Austin, TX
2016
OFFICIAL NOMINEE: Best Horror Short; Best Director Short; Best Poster Short
Don't Let the Light In
GenreBlast Film Festival
Culpeper, VA
2016
WINNER: BEST OLD SCHOOL HORROR AWARD; CREEPY FILM AWARD
Don't Let the Light In
Fantasmagorical Film Festival
Louisville, KY
2016
WINNER Best Suspense Award; OFFICIAL NOMINEE: BEST ACTOR
Don't Let the Light In
ConCarolinas Short Film Festival
Charlotte, NC
2016
OFFICIAL NOMINEE: Best Actress; Best Horror Short
Don't Let the Light In
Killuride Film Festival
Myrtle Beach, SC
2016
WINNER Best Director (Short Film)
Don't Let the Light In
Crimson Screen Horror Film Festival
Charleston, SC
2016
OFFICIAL NOMINEE, BEST MIDNIGHT SHORT FILM
Don't Let the Light In
Twister Alley International Film Festival
Woodward, OK
2016
WINNER Best Horror Award
Don't Let the Light In
Mad Monster Party 2016 Film Festival
Charlotte, NC
2016
Best Horror Nominee
Don't Let the Light In
Cape Fear Independent Film Festival
Wilmington, NC
2016
WINNER Best Thriller (Short)
Don't Let the Light In
MystiCon Independent Film Festival
Roanoke, VA
2016
BEST POSTER
Between Hell And A Hard Place
Austin Revolution Film Festival
Austin, Texas
2015
BEST SUSPENSE FILM; DYNAMIC DUO ACTING AWARD
Between Hell And A Hard Place
Con Carolinas Short Film Festival
Charlotte, NC
2015
BEST ACTOR - PATRICK G. KEENAN
Between Hell And A Hard Place
Killuride Film Festival
Myrtle Beach, SC
2015
BEST SHORT FILM
Between Hell And A Hard Place
MystiCon Short Film Festival
Roanoke, VA
2015
BEST DRAMATIC SHORT FILM
Between Hell And A Hard Place
Native American Indian Film & Video Festival of the Southeast
Columbia, SC
2014
FAN FAVOURITE AWARD
Between Hell And A Hard Place
2014 Geek Short Film Festival
Charlotte, NC
2014
BEST SHORT FILM
Between Hell And A Hard Place
MonsterCon Film Festival
Greenville, SC
2014
Top Finalist
The Corner
iHorror Awards Finalist
Online
FINALIST
Don't Let the Light In
iHorror Awards
Online Voting
HONOURABLE MENTION
Between Hell And A Hard Place
The Online Film Festival - March 2015 Edition
Online
Birth Date
January 31, 1976
Who needs therapy?!? Just make movies...
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