cinema. ANIMATION. Film Editing.
A graduate of the L. Jefferey Selznick School of Film Preservation at the George Eastman House in Rochester NY with a Bachelor of Fine Arts from the University of Texas in Austin and a Master of Fine Arts from Tyler School of Art, Temple University in Philadelphia PA.
Working artist and art studio assistant to Mark Kostabi and then to Philip Taaffe in New York City. Later working at Nitehawk Cinema of Brooklyn NY as Co-Director of Programming as well as In-House video promos and pre-shows.
The feature film THE GRANDEUR OF DELUSIONS (2017) was co-directed with Cassandra Lozano . Shot on 16mm film. Art, Effects and Animation by Cassandra Lozano and Mason Rader. Written, edited by Mason Rader. The Grandeur of Delusions on IMDB
The feature film THE MONKEY HEAD (2022) was directed by Cassandra Lozano. Art, Effects and Animation by Cassandra Lozano and Mason Rader. Written and edited by Mason Rader. The film is being submitted to film festivals in Fall 2022.
Currently lives with Cassandra Lozano in Barcelona Spain.