Jon Jost
Personal Info
Known for
Directing
Gender
Male
Birthday
1943-05-16 (81 years old)
Place of Birth
Chicago, Illinois, USA
Jon Jost
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
Acting
Country
as Man
(2024)
Cruel, Usual, Necessary: The Passion of Silvio Narizzano
as Voice of Silvio Narizzano
(2019)
Pequenos Milagres
as Himself
(2014)
Ghosts of Empire Prairie
as Burl Enright
(1994)
Mod Fuck Explosion
as Drummer
(1993)
Made in the USA
as Self
(1991)
A Movie Capital
as Self
(1983)
Slow Moves
as Man Behind Counter
(1982)
Cinématon XVIII
as N°171
(1981)
(1978)
Chameleon
as Ranger
Crew
Vera X 3
Director, Cinematography, Editor
Mitch Plays
Director
Koch Poem
Director
Inside Story
Director
Empire's Cross
Director
Funkies
Director
Um dia vai haver uma domingo
Director
Water Song No. 2
Director
Mr. Right
Director
(2023)
Casa do silencio
Director, Writer
(2023)
Deadendz
Director, Director of Photography, Editor
(2023)
DHAKA: Mirpur & Dhammondi Road
Director
(2021)
Tourists
Director
(2020)
July 4, 2020
Director
(2019)
Pequenos Milagres
Writer, Editor, Director
(2019)
Muri Romani II
Director, Director of Photography, Editor
(2019)
(2019)
Yellow Stone Canyon
Director
(2018)
A Death in Mali - Requiem for Empire
Editor, Director
(2018)
Canyon II
Director, Cinematography, Producer, Editor
(2018)
Wood Song
Director
(2018)
Again & Again
Director
(2017)
(2016)
Wish You Were Here
Additional Photography
(2015)
They Had It Coming
Director, Screenplay, Producer, Art Direction, Editor, Director of Photography, Original Music Composer, Sound
(2015)
Blue Strait
Director, Producer, Story
(2014)
Bowman Lake
Director, Producer, Editor, Director of Photography
(2013)
Coming to Terms
Director, Producer, Editor, Art Direction, Sound Editor, Sound mixer, Visual Effects, Director of Photography
(2012)
Far from Afghanistan
Director
(2012)
(2011)
Images of a Lost City
Director, Cinematography
(2011)
Trinity
Director
(2010)
Swimming in Nebraska
Director
(2009)
San Lorenzo
Director, Screenplay, Camera Operator, Editor, Producer
(2009)
Amtrak
Director, Producer, Cinematography, Editor
(2009)
Rant
Director
(2008)
Parable
Director
(2007)
Over Here
Director
(2006)
Passages
Director, Writer, Sound Designer, Director of Photography, Producer, Editor
(2006)
La lunga ombra
Director, Writer, Editor, Producer, Director of Photography
(2004)
(2004)
A Walk Through Waseda Garden
Director, Writer, Cinematography, Editor, Producer
(2004)
Chhattisgraph Sketches
Director
(2004)
Homecoming
Director, Writer, Producer, Editor, Director of Photography
(2004)
Vergessensfuge
Director, Writer, Producer, Director of Photography, Editor
(2002)
Arbor Fugue
Director
(2002)
Til Edvard
Director
(2002)
Tanti Auguri
Director, Cinematography, Producer, Editor, Sound
(2002)
Oui Non
Director
(2001)
Dharma Do as Dharma Does
Director
(2000)
6 Easy Pieces
Director
(2000)
Muri Romani
Director
(2000)
Roma - un ritratto improvvisario
Director
(2000)
Another Country
Director of Photography
(1999)
(1997)
London Brief
Director, Director of Photography, Editor
(1994)
Uno a me, uno a te e uno a Raffaele
Writer, Director
(1993)
The Bed You Sleep In
Director, Writer, Editor, Director of Photography
(1993)
Frameup
Director, Writer, Editor, Director of Photography
(1992)
The Living End
Executive Producer
(1992)
All the Vermeers in New York
Director, Writer, Director of Photography, Editor
(1990)
Sure Fire
Director, Writer, Editor, Director of Photography, Camera Operator
(1989)
Rembrandt Laughing
Director, Writer, Director of Photography, Editor, Producer, Sound Recordist
(1987)
Plain Talk and Common Sense (uncommon senses)
Director, Editor, Producer, Writer, Director of Photography
(1986)
Bell Diamond
Director, Producer, Cinematography, Editor, Writer
(1983)
Slow Moves
Director, Screenplay, Editor, Producer, Director of Photography, Original Music Composer
(1981)
Stagefright
Director, Writer, Editor, Director of Photography
(1981)
Nightshift
Cinematography
(1980)
Godard 1980
Director
(1978)
Chameleon
Director, Writer, Editor, Producer, Director of Photography
(1977)
Last Chants for a Slow Dance
Director, Screenplay, Editor, Director of Photography, Music
(1976)
Angel City
Writer, Producer, Editor, Director of Photography, Director
(1973)
Speaking Directly
Director, Writer
(1971)
(1970)
Canyon
Director
(1970)
Fall Creek
Director, Writer, Editor, Producer
(1968)
13 Fragments & 3 Narratives from Life
Writer, Producer, Director
(1967)
Traps
Director
(1964)
City
Director
(1963)
Portrait
Director