Jon Jost (I)

Director | Cinematographer | Editor

Born in Chicago in 1943, of a military family, Jost grew up in Georgia, Kansas, Japan, Italy, ...

Born: May 16, 1943

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Filmography

Known For

They Had It Coming Director (2015)
Homecoming Director (2004)
Bell Diamond Director (1986)
Known For

The Bed You Sleep In Director (1993)
Director

Blue Strait (2015)
They Had It Coming (2015)
Coming to Terms (2013)
Stand (2012)
Dissonance (2012)
Far from Afghanistan (2012)
The Narcissus Flowers of Katsura-shima (2012)
Trinity (2011)
Image of a Lost City (2011)
Swimming in Nebraska (2010)
Love in the Shadows (2008)
Parable (2008)
Over Here (2007)
La lunga ombra (2006)
Homecoming (2004)
Vergessensfuge (2004)
Oui non (2002)
At Sea (Harbouring Thoughts: Adrift) (2001)
Muri romani (2000)
Roma - un ritratto improvvisario (2000)
6 Easy Pieces (2000)
Nas Correntes de Luz da Ria Formosa (1999)
London Brief (1997)
Uno a me, uno a te e uno a Raffaele (1994)
The Bed You Sleep In (1993)
Frameup (1993)
All the Vermeers in New York (1990)
Sure Fire (1990)
Rembrandt Laughing (1989)
Plain Talk & Common Sense (1987)
Bell Diamond (1986)
Slow Moves (1983)
Stagefright (1981)
Godard 1980 (1980)
Chameleon (1978)
Last Chants for a Slow Dance (1977)
Angel City (1977)
Speaking Directly (1973)
Canyon (1970)
Director

City (1964)
Writer

Blue Strait (2015)
They Had It Coming (2015)
No Man's Zone (2012)
Parable (2008)
Over Here (2007)
La lunga ombra (2006)
Homecoming (2004)
Vergessensfuge (2004)
Oui non (2002)
6 Easy Pieces (2000)
Uno a me, uno a te e uno a Raffaele (1994)
The Bed You Sleep In (1993)
Frameup (1993)
All the Vermeers in New York (1990)
Sure Fire (1990)
Rembrandt Laughing (1989)
Plain Talk & Common Sense (1987)
Bell Diamond (1986)
Slow Moves (1983)
Stagefright (1981)
Chameleon (1978)
Last Chants for a Slow Dance (1977)
Angel City (1977)
Writer

Speaking Directly (1973)
Producer

Blue Strait (2015)
They Had It Coming (2015)
Coming to Terms (2013)
Stand (2012)
Dissonance (2012)
The Narcissus Flowers of Katsura-shima (2012)
Trinity (2011)
Image of a Lost City (2011)
Swimming in Nebraska (2010)
Parable (2008)
Over Here (2007)
La lunga ombra (2006)
Homecoming (2004)
Vergessensfuge (2004)
Oui non (2002)
Muri romani (2000)
6 Easy Pieces (2000)
Nas Correntes de Luz da Ria Formosa (1999)
The Living End (1992)
Blood Orgy of the Leather Girls (1988)
Bell Diamond (1986)
Slow Moves (1983)
Producer

Chameleon (1978)
Actor

Undirected by Jon Jost Jon Jost (2014)
Ghosts of Empire Prairie Burl Enright (2013)
Mod Fuck Explosion Drummer (1994)
Slow Moves Man Behind Counter (1983)
Actor

Chameleon Ranger (1978)
Cinematographer

They Had It Coming (2015)
Ghosts of Empire Prairie (2013)
Coming to Terms (2013)
Stand (2012)
Trinity (2011)
Swimming in Nebraska (2010)
Love in the Shadows (2008)
Parable (2008)
Over Here (2007)
La lunga ombra (2006)
Homecoming (2004)
Vergessensfuge (2004)
Oui non (2002)
At Sea (Harbouring Thoughts: Adrift) (2001)
Outro País (2000)
Muri romani (2000)
Roma - un ritratto improvvisario (2000)
6 Easy Pieces (2000)
Nas Correntes de Luz da Ria Formosa (1999)
Uno a me, uno a te e uno a Raffaele (1994)
The Bed You Sleep In (1993)
Frameup (1993)
All the Vermeers in New York (1990)
Sure Fire (1990)
Rembrandt Laughing (1989)
Plain Talk & Common Sense (1987)
Bell Diamond (1986)
Slow Moves (1983)
Stagefright (1981)
Chameleon (1978)
Last Chants for a Slow Dance (1977)
Angel City (1977)
Cinematographer

Speaking Directly (1973)
City (1964)
Editor

They Had It Coming (2015)
Coming to Terms (2013)
Stand (2012)
Trinity (2011)
Swimming in Nebraska (2010)
Parable (2008)
Over Here (2007)
Homecoming (2004)
Vergessensfuge (2004)
Oui non (2002)
At Sea (Harbouring Thoughts: Adrift) (2001)
Muri romani (2000)
Roma - un ritratto improvvisario (2000)
6 Easy Pieces (2000)
Nas Correntes de Luz da Ria Formosa (1999)
The Bed You Sleep In (1993)
Frameup (1993)
All the Vermeers in New York (1990)
Sure Fire (1990)
Rembrandt Laughing (1989)
Plain Talk & Common Sense (1987)
Bell Diamond (1986)
Slow Moves (1983)
Stagefright (1981)
Chameleon (1978)
Last Chants for a Slow Dance (1977)
Angel City (1977)
Speaking Directly (1973)
Editor

City (1964)
Sound Department

They Had It Coming (2015)
Coming to Terms (2013)
Stand (2012)
Swimming in Nebraska (2010)
2010 CMT Music Awards (2010)
Not Since You (2009)
2009 CMT Music Awards (2009)
Shattered (2008)
CMT Giants (2007)
Baba King (2007)
Muri romani (2000)
Sound Department

Plain Talk & Common Sense (1987)
Bell Diamond (1986)
Camera and Electrical Department

Coyotes Kill for Fun (2017)
Camera and Electrical Department

Wish You Were Here (2016)
Coming to Terms (2013)
Stand (2012)
Visual Effects

They Had It Coming (2015)
Coming to Terms (2013)
Visual Effects

Trinity (2011)
Swimming in Nebraska (2010)
Composer

They Had It Coming (2015)
Slow Moves (1983)
Composer

Last Chants for a Slow Dance (1977)
Special Effects

Coming to Terms (2013)
Set Decorator

They Had It Coming (2015)
Art Director

Coming to Terms (2013)
Production Designer

They Had It Coming (2015)

All Filmography

Awards

10 wins & 13 nominations.

Did You Know

Trivia

Was the first recipient (along with producer Ed Pressman) of the "John Casavettes Lifetime Achievement Award" at the 1991 Spirit Awards.

Star Sign

Taurus

Personal Details

Born

May 16, 1943
Chicago, Illinois, USA

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