Martin Lemaire, Kimberly McVicar and Amy Lyn Howell all worked on Donald E. Reynolds' 1st short film Phobia (2007). They along, with producers: Lawrence S. Dickerson, Ted Souppa and Monica Varner all returned from Phobia to work on Jasper Man.
The secondary newspaper headlines during the open sequence all refer to additional short films by the creators. The first newspaper references Ted Souppa's 3rd grade class award winning short film - "Invasion of the Robotic Roaches". The second newspaper references writer-director Donald E. Reynolds 1st short film - "Phobia". The third newspaper references the next short film that the RnD team was then working on - TRU LUV.
Jasper Man was created for and played at the 2010 Clearwater Film Festival Film Challenge on June 25th, 2010. The film was shot and edited in 5 days.