Directing · geboren 1943-05-16 · Chicago, Illinois, USA

Jon Jost

Jon Stephen Jost (born 16 May 1943 in Chicago) is an American independent filmmaker. Born in Chicago to a military family, he grew up in Georgia, Kansas, Japan, Italy, Germany and Virginia. He began making films in January 1963 after being expelled from college. In 1965 he was imprisoned by US authorities for 2 years 3 months for refusal to cooperate with the Selective Service system. Self-taught as a filmmaker, he made his first full-length film in 1974, and has since that time focused on a wide range of American issues in his films, at present having made 40 long-form films. Jost's work has shown since 1976 in major film festivals around the world.

Bekannt aus

• The Living End (1992) – Executive Producer
• All the Vermeers in New York (1992) – Director
• Last Chants for a Slow Dance (1977) – Director
• Mod Fuck Explosion (1994) – Drummer
• Canyon (1970) – Director
• The Bed You Sleep In (1993) – Director
• Frameup (1993) – Writer
• Nightshift (1981)
• Angel City (1976) – Director of Photography
• Rembrandt Laughing (1989) – Writer
• Stagefright (1981) – Editor
• Bell Diamond (1986) – Director
• Sure Fire (1990) – Director
• Speaking Directly (1973) – Director
• 6 Easy Pieces (2000) – Director
• Godard 1980 (1980) – Director
• 30/30 Vision: Three Decades of Strand Releasing (2019) – Director
• Homecoming (2004) – Editor
• Plain Talk and Common Sense (uncommon senses) (1987) – Editor
• Slow Moves (1983) – Man Behind Counter
• Far from Afghanistan (2012) – Director
• Coming to Terms (2013) – Sound mixer
• Outro País (2000) – Director of Photography
• Made in the USA (1993) – Self
• Chameleon (1978) – Ranger
• Primaries/ A Turning Point in Lunatic China/ 1,2,3, Four (1971) – Director
• San Lorenzo (2009) – Director
• City (1964) – Director
• Wish You Were Here (2016) – Additional Photography
• Oui Non (2003) – Director
• Muri Romani (2000) – Director
• Nas correntes de luz da ria formosa (1999) – Director
• Vergessensfuge (2004) – Producer
• Yellow Stone Canyon (2019) – Director
• 映画の都 (1991) – Self
• Pequenos Milagres (2019) – Himself
• Portrait (1963) – Director
• Til Edvard (2002) – Director
• 13 Fragments & 3 Narratives from Life (1968) – Writer
• July 4, 2020 (2020) – Director