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Jon Jost

Known for: Directing

Biography: 1943-05-16 (81 years old)

Biography

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.

Filmography

all 87

Movies 87

Director 66

Producer 9

self 3

Writer 1

Director / Writer

Jon Jost

Biography

Filmography

all 87

Movies 87

Director 66

Producer 9

self 3

Writer 1

Casa do silencio (2023)

DHAKA: Mirpur & Dhammondi Road (2023)

Tourists (2021)

July 4, 2020 (2020)

Yellow Stone Canyon (2019)

30/30 Vision: Three Decades of Strand Releasing (2019)

Pequenos Milagres (2019)

Muri Romani II (2019)

Wood Song (2018)

A Death in Mali - Requiem for Empire (2018)

Again & Again (2018)

Canyon II (2018)

Mountains As Mountains, Landscape for Watanabe Shiko (2017)

Wish You Were Here (2016)

Blue Strait (2015)

They Had It Coming (2015)

Bowman Lake (2014)

Coming to Terms (2013)

Far from Afghanistan (2012)

The Narcissus Flowers of Katsura-shima (2012)

No Man's Zone (2012)

Images of a Lost City (2011)

Trinity (2011)

Swimming in Nebraska (2010)

San Lorenzo (2009)

Rant (2009)

Amtrak (2009)

Parable (2008)

Over Here (2007)

La lunga ombra (2006)

Passages (2006)

Homecoming (2004)

A View of Mount Baker from Port Angeles, Washington (2004)

Vergessensfuge (2004)

Chhattisgraph Sketches (2004)

A Walk Through Waseda Garden (2004)

Oui Non (2002)

Arbor Fugue (2002)

Til Edvard (2002)

Tanti Auguri (2002)

Dharma Do as Dharma Does (2001)

Another Country (2000)

Muri Romani (2000)

6 Easy Pieces (2000)

Roma - un ritratto improvvisario (2000)

In the Rays of Light of Ria Formosa (1999)

London Brief (1997)

Mod Fuck Explosion (1994)

Uno a me, uno a te e uno a Raffaele (1994)

Made in the USA (1993)

The Bed You Sleep In (1993)

Frameup (1993)

The Living End (1992)

All the Vermeers in New York (1992)

A Movie Capital (1991)

Sure Fire (1990)

Rembrandt Laughing (1989)

Plain Talk and Common Sense (uncommon senses) (1987)

Bell Diamond (1986)

Slow Moves (1983)

Cinématon XVIII (1982)

Stagefright (1981)

Nightshift (1981)

Godard 1980 (1980)

Chameleon (1978)

Angel City (1977)

Last Chants for a Slow Dance (1977)

Speaking Directly (1973)

Primaries/ A Turning Point in Lunatic China/ 1,2,3, Four (1971)

Canyon (1970)

Fall Creek (1970)

Known For
Directing

Gender
Male

Birthday
1943-05-16 (81 years old)

Birth Place
Chicago, Illinois, USA

Citizenships
United States of America

Awards
Guggenheim Fellowship