Jay Holben is an independent director and producer in Los Angeles, California. His most recent work is the feature romantic drama "Before the Dawn."

A former cinematographer, he is an author of two commercially-published books on cinematography, a contributing technical editor for American Cinematographer Magazine, faculty instructor for Global Cinematography Institute and international lecturer, an Associate member of the ASC and the chair of the ASC Motion Imaging Technology Council Lens Committee as well as the ASC MITC Next Generation Cinema Display Committee Standard Evaluation Material 2.0 Working Group.