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Jon Jost

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Jon Jost

Born May 16, 1943 · Chicago, Illinois, USA

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.

Known for

The Living End

53IMDb6.6

The Living End

Executive Producer

All the Vermeers in New York

IMDb6.4

All the Vermeers in New York

Director, Writer, Editor, Director of Photography

Last Chants for a Slow Dance

6.5 TMDB

Last Chants for a Slow Dance

Director, Editor, Screenplay, Director of Photography, Music

Mod Fuck Explosion

IMDb6.1

Mod Fuck Explosion

Drummer

Canyon

5.6 TMDB

Canyon

Director

The Bed You Sleep In

7.0 TMDB

The Bed You Sleep In

Director, Writer, Director of Photography, Editor

Frameup

IMDb7.2

Frameup

Writer, Director, Editor, Director of Photography

Nightshift

IMDb6.6

Nightshift

1981 · Movie

Angel City

6.1 TMDB

Angel City

Director of Photography, Editor, Producer, Writer

Rembrandt Laughing

5.0 TMDB

Rembrandt Laughing

Writer, Director, Editor, Director of Photography, Producer, Sound Recordist

Stagefright

5.5 TMDB

Stagefright

Editor, Writer, Director, Director of Photography

Bell Diamond

6.9 TMDB

Bell Diamond

Director, Cinematography, Producer, Editor, Writer

Sure Fire

6.3 TMDB

Sure Fire

Director, Writer, Editor, Director of Photography, Camera Operator

Speaking Directly

8.7 TMDB

Speaking Directly

Director, Writer

6 Easy Pieces

5.3 TMDB

6 Easy Pieces

Director

Godard 1980

5.7 TMDB

Godard 1980

Director

30/30 Vision: Three Decades of Strand Releasing

5.3 TMDB

30/30 Vision: Three Decades of Strand Releasing

Director

Homecoming

8.6 TMDB

Homecoming

Editor, Writer, Director, Producer, Director of Photography

Plain Talk and Common Sense (uncommon senses)

6.4 TMDB

Plain Talk and Common Sense (uncommon senses)

Editor, Producer, Director, Writer, Director of Photography

Slow Moves

7.5 TMDB

Slow Moves

Man Behind Counter, Director, Original Music Composer, Screenplay, Editor, Director of Photography, Producer

Filmography

  1. 2024Cruel, Usual, Necessary: The Passion of Silvio NarizzanoVoice of Silvio NarizzanoMovie
  2. 2024WalkervilleDirectorMovie
  3. 2023Casa do silencioDirector, WriterMovie
  4. 2023Not Getting Stoned with Jon JosthimselfMovie
  5. 2023DeadendzEditor, Director, Director of PhotographyMovie
  6. 2023DHAKA: Mirpur & Dhammondi RoadDirectorMovie
  7. 20235 MINS IN CANNINGDirectorMovie
  8. 2021COME AND GO: Cascais < - > LisboaDirectorMovie
  9. 2021CafeDirectorMovie
  10. 2021Brooklyn BridgeDirectorMovie
  11. 2021Festivale di San GennaroDirectorMovie
  12. 2021A Tree Grows in BrooklynDirectorMovie
  13. 2021DoublesDirectorMovie
  14. 2021BRIGHTON BEACH MTADirectorMovie
  15. 2021DuckweedDirectorMovie
  16. 2021Bryant ParkDirectorMovie
  17. 2021BRIGHTON BEACHDirectorMovie
  18. 2021all alongDirectorMovie
  19. 2021Broken Down on the HighwayDirectorMovie
  20. 2021TouristsDirectorMovie
  21. 2020#9DirectorMovie
  22. 2020ALL ALONG THE WATER TANKSDirectorMovie
  23. 2020Born to LoseDirectorMovie
  24. 2020July 4, 2020DirectorMovie
  25. 2020born to loseDirectorMovie
  26. 2020BROKENDirectorMovie
  27. 2020Betty's Grand Canyon VideoDirectorMovie
  28. 2019Yellow Stone CanyonDirectorMovie
  29. 201930/30 Vision: Three Decades of Strand ReleasingDirectorMovie
  30. 2019Pequenos MilagresHimself, Editor, Writer, DirectorMovie
  31. 20191DirectorMovie
  32. 20192DirectorMovie
  33. 20193DirectorMovie
  34. 2019CLEARCUTDirectorMovie
  35. 2019Muri Romani IIDirector, Editor, Director of PhotographyMovie
  36. 2018Broken Down on the HighwayDirectorMovie
  37. 2018Born To LoseDirectorMovie
  38. 2018Wood SongDirectorMovie
  39. 2018A Death in Mali - Requiem for EmpireDirector, EditorMovie
  40. 2018There's Many Friends Along This WayDirectorMovie
  41. 2018Again & AgainDirectorMovie
  42. 2018Cambridge AfternoonDirectorMovie
  43. 2018Canyon IIDirector, Cinematography, Producer, EditorMovie
  44. 2017AT PLAY IN THE FIELDS OF THE LORD [NEBRASKA]DirectorMovie
  45. 2017Antonio DAntoniDirectorMovie
  46. 2017Mountains As Mountains, Landscape for Watanabe ShikoDirectorMovie
  47. 2016Wish You Were HereAdditional PhotographyMovie
  48. 2015Blue StraitDirector, Story, ProducerMovie
  49. 2015They Had It ComingScreenplay, Editor, Director, Producer, Art Direction, Director of Photography, Original Music Composer, SoundMovie
  50. 2014Ghosts of Empire PrairieBurl EnrightMovie
  51. 2014Bowman LakeDirector, Editor, Producer, Director of PhotographyMovie
  52. 2013Coming to TermsSound mixer, Visual Effects, Editor, Director, Sound Editor, Art Direction, Producer, Director of PhotographyMovie
  53. 2012DissonanceDirectorMovie
  54. 2012Far from AfghanistanDirectorMovie
  55. 2012The Narcissus Flowers of Katsura-shimaDirectorMovie
  56. 2011Empire's CrossDirectorMovie
  57. 2011Images of a Lost CityDirector, CinematographyMovie
  58. 2011TrinityDirectorMovie
  59. 2010Swimming in NebraskaDirectorMovie
  60. 2009San LorenzoDirector, Producer, Editor, Screenplay, Camera OperatorMovie
  61. 2009AmtrakEditor, Producer, Cinematography, DirectorMovie
  62. 2009RantDirectorMovie
  63. 2008ParableDirectorMovie
  64. 2007Over HereDirectorMovie
  65. 2006La lunga ombraDirector, Director of Photography, Writer, Editor, ProducerMovie
  66. 2006PassagesProducer, Editor, Writer, Director of Photography, Sound DesignerMovie
  67. 2004HomecomingEditor, Writer, Director, Producer, Director of PhotographyMovie
  68. 2004A View of Mount Baker from Port Angeles, WashingtonDirectorMovie
  69. 2004VergessensfugeProducer, Writer, Director, Director of Photography, EditorMovie
  70. 2004Chhattisgarh SketchesDirectorMovie
  71. 2004A Walk Through Waseda GardenCinematography, Producer, Director, Writer, EditorMovie
  72. 2002Oui NonDirectorMovie
  73. 2002Arbor FugueDirectorMovie
  74. 2002Til EdvardDirectorMovie
  75. 2002Tanti AuguriEditor, Director, Producer, Cinematography, SoundMovie
  76. 2001Dharma Do as Dharma DoesDirectorMovie
  77. 2000Another CountryDirector of PhotographyMovie
  78. 2000Muri RomaniDirectorMovie
  79. 20006 Easy PiecesDirectorMovie
  80. 2000Roma - un ritratto improvvisarioDirectorMovie
  81. 1999In the Rays of Light of Ria FormosaDirectorMovie
  82. 1997London BriefEditor, Director of PhotographyMovie
  83. 1994Mod Fuck ExplosionDrummerMovie
  84. 1994Uno a me, uno a te e uno a RaffaeleWriter, DirectorMovie
  85. 1993Made in the USASelfMovie
  86. 1993The Bed You Sleep InDirector, Writer, Director of Photography, EditorMovie
  87. 1993FrameupWriter, Director, Editor, Director of PhotographyMovie
  88. 1992The Living EndExecutive ProducerMovie
  89. 1992All the Vermeers in New YorkDirector, Writer, Editor, Director of PhotographyMovie
  90. 1991A Movie CapitalSelfMovie
  91. 1990Sure FireDirector, Writer, Editor, Director of Photography, Camera OperatorMovie
  92. 1989Rembrandt LaughingWriter, Director, Editor, Director of Photography, Producer, Sound RecordistMovie
  93. 1987Texas, OsijekDirector of PhotographyMovie
  94. 1987Plain Talk and Common Sense (uncommon senses)Editor, Producer, Director, Writer, Director of PhotographyMovie
  95. 1986Bell DiamondDirector, Cinematography, Producer, Editor, WriterMovie
  96. 1983Slow MovesMan Behind Counter, Director, Original Music Composer, Screenplay, Editor, Director of Photography, ProducerMovie
  97. 1982Cinématon XVIIIN°171Movie
  98. 1981NightshiftMovie
  99. 1981StagefrightEditor, Writer, Director, Director of PhotographyMovie
  100. 1980Godard 1980DirectorMovie
  101. 1978ChameleonRanger, Editor, Director, Writer, Producer, Director of PhotographyMovie
  102. 1977Last Chants for a Slow DanceDirector, Editor, Screenplay, Director of Photography, MusicMovie
  103. 1976Angel CityDirector of Photography, Editor, Producer, WriterMovie
  104. 1973Speaking DirectlyDirector, WriterMovie
  105. 1971Primaries/ A Turning Point in Lunatic China/ 1,2,3, FourDirectorMovie
  106. 1970CanyonDirectorMovie
  107. 1970Fall CreekDirector, Editor, Writer, ProducerMovie
  108. 196813 Fragments & 3 Narratives from LifeWriter, Producer, DirectorMovie
  109. 1968CountryManMovie
  110. 1967TrapsDirectorMovie
  111. 1964CityDirectorMovie
  112. 1963PortraitDirectorMovie
  113. —Vera X 3Cinematography, Director, EditorMovie
  114. —Mitch PlaysDirectorMovie
  115. —Inside StoryDirectorMovie
  116. —Koch PoemDirectorMovie
  117. —Um dia vai haver uma domingoDirectorMovie
  118. —FunkiesDirectorMovie
  119. —Water Song No. 2DirectorMovie
  120. —Mr. RightDirectorMovie