Jason Corder

Jason Corder (born 1969)[1] is an American TV and film producer, scriptwriter, actor, singer and composer, and CEO of his own production company, Corder Productions, with offices in Los Angeles and Nairobi, Kenya.

Corder lived in Nairobi, Kenya from 2008-2019.[2] While there, he created Kenya's first ever comedy-drama series, "Stay," which won a Kalasha award in 2014 and now airs on AfroLandTV, Peacock and Roku.

He is known for playing Donald John in the web series Oh-Bama (2016-2017).[1] He also played Shane in the television series Stay (2013-2014), which he also created.[3] Corder also appeared in the short film Intellectual Scum (2015).[4]

Corder grew up in Marin County, California.[2] He moved to Kenya in 2008, initially to teach art at the University of Nairobi.[2] He is the father of three sons.[2]

  1. ^ a b Kamencu, Kingwa (30 April 2016). "Art virtuoso changing the face of Kenyan TV". Daily Nation. Retrieved 9 May 2020.
  2. ^ a b c d Limbe, Lydia (23 March 2014). "Main man: Jason Corder: Infusing foreign flavor in Kenyan theatres". The Standard (Kenya). Retrieved 9 May 2020.
  3. ^ Kerongo, Grace (20 November 2013). "Kenya: New TV Drama Focuses On Interracial Dating". AllAfrica. Retrieved 9 May 2020.
  4. ^ Mwangi, Benson (20 October 2017). "The brutal honesty in the short film: Intellectual Scum". Daily Nation. Retrieved 13 May 2020.