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'''Jason Castriota''' is an [[Italian American]] [[automobile design]]er born in [[White Plains, New York]] and raised in [[Greenwich, Connecticut]]. He graduated from [[Emerson College]] in [[Boston]] and attended but dropped out of the [[Art Center College of Design]] in [[Pasadena, California|Pasadena]].<ref name="veloce">{{web cite|url=http://www.velocetoday.com/people/people_51.php|title=The Pininfarina 612 K|publisher=Veloce Today|accessdate=2007-02-21|date=2007-01-24|last=Pfister|first=Werner}}</ref>. After his internship at the [[Pininfarina]] design studio, he decided to stay in [[Turin]] rather than return to the US to complete his studies. In Pininfarina, he worked under [[Ken Okuyama]], continuing the training he received as a student of Okuyama's at ACCD. He took part in the design of production cars such as the [[Ferrari 599 GTB Fiorano]] and [[Maserati GranTurismo]], concept cars like the [[Maserati Birdcage 75th]] and the [[Rolls Royce Hyperion]], and, as Head Designer for Special Projects, one-off exclusive cars for particular customers, such as the "[[Ferrari P4/5 by Pininfarina]]", a restyled [[Enzo Ferrari (car)|Enzo Ferrari]] for American car collector [[James Glickenhaus]], and the [[Ferrari 612 Kappa]], a restyling of the [[Ferrari 612 Scaglietti]] for car collector [[Peter Kalikow]]. 

Castriota left his position at Pininfarina on the eve of the [[Paris Motor Show]] in September 2008, and is set to become Design Director at [[Bertone|Stile Bertone]]. He will start his new position on December 1.<ref name="CarDesignNews">{{web cite|url=http://www.cardesignnews.com/site/designers/whos_where/display/store4/item141896/|title=Who's Where: Jason Castriota joins Stile Bertone|publisher=Car Design News|accessdate=2008-11-28|date=2008-11-27|last=Gallina|first=Eric}}</ref>

==References==
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*[http://www.pininfarina.com/index/storiaModelli/ultimi/p4_5.html Pininfarina: Ferrari P4/5]
*[http://www.caranddriver.com/features/11352/pininfarina-ferrari-p45.html Car and Driver: Ferrari P4/5]

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