Jon Jost

DirectorActorWriterCinematographerEditor May 16 (age 82) Chicago, Illinois, USA 1963–2024 (61 year career)

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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 wi…

Known For

Film

The Living End

Executive Producer

Film

Last Chants for a Slow Dance

Director

Film

All the Vermeers in New York

Director

Film

The Bed You Sleep In

Director

Film

Speaking Directly

Director

Film

Nightshift

7.0 1981

Film

Canyon

Director

Film

Homecoming

Director

Filmography

Acting (12)

Movies (12)

Cruel, Usual, Necessary: The Passion of Silvio Narizzano

2024

as Voice of Silvio Narizzano

Not Getting Stoned with Jon Jost

2023

as himself

Pequenos Milagres

2019

as Himself

8.0

Ghosts of Empire Prairie

2014

as Burl Enright

Mod Fuck Explosion

as Drummer

Made in the USA

as Self

A Movie Capital

as Self

Slow Moves

as Man Behind Counter

7.0

Cinématon XVIII

1982

as N°171

Nightshift

Chameleon

as Ranger

Country

as Man

Crew (206)

Movies (206)

Walkerville

2024

Director

Casa do silencio

2023

Director

Casa do silencio

2023

Writer

DHAKA: Mirpur & Dhammondi Road

2023

Director

Deadendz

2023

Director

Deadendz

2023

Director of Photography

Deadendz

2023

Editor

Tourists

2021

Director

July 4, 2020

2020

Director

5.0

30/30 Vision: Three Decades of Strand Releasing

2019

Director

5.3

Muri Romani II

2019

Director

Muri Romani II

2019

Director of Photography

Muri Romani II

2019

Editor

Yellow Stone Canyon

Director

Pequenos Milagres

Director

Pequenos Milagres

Editor

Pequenos Milagres

Writer

Wood Song

Director

Canyon II

2018

Cinematography

Canyon II

2018

Director

Canyon II

2018

Editor

Canyon II

2018

Producer

There's Many Friends Along This Way

2018

Director

6.0

Again & Again

2018

Director

A Death in Mali - Requiem for Empire

2018

Director

6.0

A Death in Mali - Requiem for Empire

2018

Editor

6.0

Mountains As Mountains, Landscape for Watanabe Shiko

2017

Director

6.0

Wish You Were Here

2016

Additional Photography

Blue Strait

Director

Blue Strait

Producer

Blue Strait

Story

They Had It Coming

Art Direction

They Had It Coming

Director

They Had It Coming

Director of Photography

They Had It Coming

Editor

They Had It Coming

Original Music Composer

They Had It Coming

Producer

They Had It Coming

Screenplay

They Had It Coming

Sound

Bowman Lake

Director

Bowman Lake

Director of Photography

Bowman Lake

Editor

Bowman Lake

Producer

Coming to Terms

Art Direction

Coming to Terms

Director

Coming to Terms

Director of Photography

Coming to Terms

Editor

Coming to Terms

Producer

Coming to Terms

Sound Editor

Coming to Terms

Sound mixer

Coming to Terms

Visual Effects

Far from Afghanistan

Director

Dissonance

Director

The Narcissus Flowers of Katsura-shima

2012

Director

Trinity

2011

Director

Images of a Lost City

2011

Cinematography

Images of a Lost City

2011

Director

Empire's Cross

2011

Director

Swimming in Nebraska

2010

Director

San Lorenzo

Camera Operator

San Lorenzo

Director

San Lorenzo

Editor

San Lorenzo

Producer

San Lorenzo

Screenplay

Amtrak

Cinematography

Amtrak

Director

Amtrak

Editor

Amtrak

Producer

Rant

Director

Parable

Director

Over Here

Director

La lunga ombra

Director

La lunga ombra

2006

Director of Photography

La lunga ombra

2006

Editor

La lunga ombra

2006

Producer

La lunga ombra

2006

Writer

Passages

2006

Director

7.0

Passages

2006

Director of Photography

Passages

Editor

Passages

Producer

Passages

Sound Designer

Passages

Writer

Chhattisgarh Sketches

2004

Director

Vergessensfuge

2004

Director

6.0

Vergessensfuge

2004

Director of Photography

Vergessensfuge

Editor

Vergessensfuge

Producer

Vergessensfuge

Writer

Chhattisgarh Sketches

2004

Director

Homecoming

2004

Director

8.8

Homecoming

2004

Director of Photography

Homecoming

Editor

Homecoming

Producer

Homecoming

Writer

A View of Mount Baker from Port Angeles, Washington

2004

Director

A Walk Through Waseda Garden

2004

Cinematography

3.0

A Walk Through Waseda Garden

2004

Director

3.0

A Walk Through Waseda Garden

2004

Editor

3.0

A Walk Through Waseda Garden

2004

Producer

3.0

A Walk Through Waseda Garden

2004

Writer

3.0

Oui Non

2002

Director

Tanti Auguri

2002

Cinematography

Tanti Auguri

2002

Director

Tanti Auguri

2002

Editor

Tanti Auguri

2002

Producer

Tanti Auguri

2002

Sound

Til Edvard

2002

Director

5.0

Arbor Fugue

2002

Director

Dharma Do as Dharma Does

2001

Director

Roma - un ritratto improvvisario

2000

Director

6 Easy Pieces

2000

Director

4.6

Another Country

2000

Director of Photography

7.5

Muri Romani

2000

Director

8.0

In the Rays of Light of Ria Formosa

1999

Director

6.0

London Brief

1997

Director

London Brief

1997

Director of Photography

London Brief

1997

Editor

Uno a me, uno a te e uno a Raffaele

1994

Director

Uno a me, uno a te e uno a Raffaele

1994

Writer

Frameup

1993

Director

5.8

Frameup

1993

Director of Photography

Frameup

Editor

Frameup

Writer

The Bed You Sleep In

Director

The Bed You Sleep In

Director of Photography

The Bed You Sleep In

Editor

The Bed You Sleep In

Writer

The Living End

Executive Producer

All the Vermeers in New York

1992

Director

5.8

All the Vermeers in New York

1992

Director of Photography

5.8

All the Vermeers in New York

1992

Editor

5.8

All the Vermeers in New York

Writer

Sure Fire

Camera Operator

Sure Fire

Director

Sure Fire

Director of Photography

Sure Fire

Editor

Sure Fire

Writer

Rembrandt Laughing

Director

Rembrandt Laughing

Director of Photography

Rembrandt Laughing

Editor

Rembrandt Laughing

Producer

Rembrandt Laughing

Sound Recordist

Rembrandt Laughing

Writer

Texas, Osijek

Director of Photography