Jon Jost

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.

Cast

A Movie Capital

Made in the USA

Ghosts of Empire Prairie

Man Behind Counter

Mod Fuck Explosion

Cinématon XVIII

Pequenos Milagres

Cruel, Usual, Necessary: The Passion of Silvio Narizzano

Voice of Silvio Narizzano

Not Getting Stoned with Jon Jost

Crew

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

Dharma Do as Dharma Does

Executive Producer

A View of Mount Baker from Port Angeles, Washington

13 Fragments & 3 Narratives from Life

Writer, Producer, Director

Director of Photography, Editor, Producer, Writer, Director

Director, Producer, Editor, Screenplay, Camera Operator

A Death in Mali - Requiem for Empire

Director, Editor

Last Chants for a Slow Dance

Director, Editor, Screenplay, Director of Photography, Music

All the Vermeers in New York

Director, Writer, Editor, Director of Photography

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

Cinematography, Director, Editor

Pequenos Milagres

Editor, Writer, Director

Far from Afghanistan

Director, Editor, Writer, Producer

Editor, Director, Producer, Cinematography, Sound

A Walk Through Waseda Garden

Cinematography, Producer, Director, Writer, Editor

Mountains As Mountains, Landscape for Watanabe Shiko

Editor, Producer, Cinematography, Director

Coming to Terms

Sound mixer, Visual Effects, Editor, Director, Sound Editor, Art Direction, Producer, Director of Photography

The Bed You Sleep In

Director, Writer, Director of Photography, Editor

Director, Cinematography, Producer, Editor

Speaking Directly

Director, Writer

Director, Editor, Director of Photography

Director, Original Music Composer, Screenplay, Editor, Director of Photography, Producer

Director, Cinematography, Producer, Editor, Writer

Rembrandt Laughing

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

Chattisgraph Sketches

The Narcissus Flowers of Katsura-shima

Uno a me, uno a te e uno a Raffaele

Writer, Director

Um dia vai haver uma domingo

Water Song No. 2

Editor, Writer, Director, Producer, Director of Photography

Casa do silencio

Director, Writer

Writer, Director, Editor, Director of Photography

They Had It Coming

Screenplay, Editor, Director, Producer, Art Direction, Director of Photography, Original Music Composer, Sound

Wish You Were Here

Additional Photography

Images of a Lost City

Director, Cinematography

Editor, Writer, Director, Director of Photography

Plain Talk and Common Sense (uncommon senses)

Editor, Producer, Director, Writer, Director of Photography

Editor, Director, Writer, Producer, Director of Photography

Director, Editor, Producer, Director of Photography

Editor, Director, Director of Photography

DHAKA: Mirpur & Dhammondi Road

Director, Story, Producer

In the Rays of Light of Ria Formosa

Producer, Writer, Director, Director of Photography, Editor

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

There's Many Friends Along This Way

Director, Director of Photography, Writer, Editor, Producer

Editor, Director of Photography, Director

30/30 Vision: Three Decades of Strand Releasing

Yellow Stone Canyon

Roma - un ritratto improvvisario

Another Country

Director of Photography

Swimming in Nebraska

Director of Photography

Chhattisgarh Sketches