---
name: "Jason Moran"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/jason-moran"
fi1m_id: "jason-moran"
imdb_id: "nm1390780"
tmdb_id: 1959955
wikidata_id: "Q978467"
roles: ["Composer"]
born: "21 January 1975"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 2
average_fi1m_score: 84
average_over: 2
updated: "2026-09-17T18:42:44.847886+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
---

# Jason Moran

## Identity

Jason Moran

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/jason-moran
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** jason-moran
- **IMDb ID:** nm1390780
- **TMDB ID:** 1959955
- **Wikidata ID:** Q978467
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jason_Moran_(musician), https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q978467, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1390780/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1959955

Composer. Born 21 January 1975 in Houston, Texas, USA.

## Details

- **Work:** Composer
- **Born:** 21 January 1975, Houston, Texas, USA
- **Active:** 2014–2016
- **Frequently works with:** [Ava DuVernay](https://film.one/person/ava-duvernay.md)
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jason_Moran_(musician), https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q978467, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1390780/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1959955

## Streaming the US now

- **Netflix:** [*13th*](https://film.one/film/13th.md) (84), [*Selma*](https://film.one/film/selma.md) (84)

For United States; add `?region=XX` for another country.

## Biography

Jason Moran is an American jazz pianist and composer. Born in Houston, Texas, in 1975, he trained at the Manhattan School of Music.

Moran composed the score for the feature film *Selma* (2014), his first for a narrative feature. He also scored the documentary *13th* (2016). He serves as Artistic Director for Jazz at the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts and received a MacArthur Fellowship in 2010.

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org, imdb.com, allmusic.com, walkerart.org.*

## On Fi1m (2)

- *13th* (2016), Fi1m 84, Original Music Composer, Music — [page](https://film.one/film/13th.md)
- *Selma* (2014), Fi1m 84, Original Music Composer, Music — [page](https://film.one/film/selma.md)

## Complete filmography (10)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *Charles Lloyd, Jason Moran & Eric Harland @ Jazz à Porquerolles 2024* (2024), Actor
- *A Roommate to Die For* (2023), Sound Mixer
- *Look Who's Stalking* (2023), Production Sound Mixer
- *The Devil Below* (2021), Sound Mixer
- *Aggie* (2020), Original Music Composer
- *The Park* (2017), Original Music Composer
- *13th* (2016), Original Music Composer — Fi1m 84, [page](https://film.one/film/13th.md)
- *Selma* (2014), Original Music Composer — Fi1m 84, [page](https://film.one/film/selma.md)
- *The Death of Tom* (2008), Original Music Composer
- *Five Deep Breaths* (2003), Original Music Composer

## Gallery

- ![Jason Moran](https://film.one/media/person/121278/gallery-2cf29693a70b.jpg) Jason Moran — Hreinn Gudlaugsson, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/0/06/Jason-moran.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail_unscaled)
- ![Jason Moran (2006)](https://film.one/media/person/121278/gallery-f583e2c27366.jpg) Jason Moran (2006) — Christian Sahm Aschaffenburg, Deutschland, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/3/3b/Jason_Moran_%28jazz%29.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail_unscaled)
- ![Jason Moran - Fats Waller Dance Party at Victoria Scene during Oslo Jazzfestival 2015.](https://film.one/media/person/121278/gallery-ce3218dce091.jpg) Jason Moran - Fats Waller Dance Party at Victoria Scene during Oslo Jazzfestival 2015. — Tore Sætre, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/44/Jason_Moran_and_The_Bandwagon_%28223120%29.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail_unscaled)
- ![Jason Moran at 2025 Molde Jazz Festival](https://film.one/media/person/121278/gallery-d527ab38279a.jpg) Jason Moran at 2025 Molde Jazz Festival — John Sears, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e4/Jason_Moran_at_2025_Molde_Jazz_Festival.jpg/1280px-Jason_Moran_at_2025_Molde_Jazz_Festival.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Jason Moran performing original music at 2025 Molde Jazz Festival](https://film.one/media/person/121278/gallery-5b5af24f7452.jpg) Jason Moran performing original music at 2025 Molde Jazz Festival — John Sears, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1e/Jason_Moran_at_2025_Molde_Jazz_Festival_10.jpg/1280px-Jason_Moran_at_2025_Molde_Jazz_Festival_10.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Jason Moran performing original music at 2025 Molde Jazz Festival](https://film.one/media/person/121278/gallery-62f1caa85377.jpg) Jason Moran performing original music at 2025 Molde Jazz Festival — John Sears, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/67/Jason_Moran_at_2025_Molde_Jazz_Festival_11.jpg/1280px-Jason_Moran_at_2025_Molde_Jazz_Festival_11.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)

## Awards

### Other awards — 2 won

- Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences 2022: Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences (won)
- MacArthur Fellows Program 2010: MacArthur Fellows Program (won)

*From Wikidata, which records wins more completely than nominations.*

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