Jon Jost

Jon Jost

DirectorActorEditorWriterCinematographer 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

Filmography

Crew (173)

Movies (173)

Walkerville

Walkerville

2024

Director

Casa do silencio

Casa do silencio

2023

Director

DHAKA: Mirpur & Dhammondi Road

DHAKA: Mirpur & Dhammondi Road

2023

Director

Deadendz

Deadendz

2023

Editor

5 MINS IN CANNING

5 MINS IN CANNING

2023

Director

Tourists

Tourists

2021

Director

A Tree Grows in Brooklyn

A Tree Grows in Brooklyn

2021

Director

all along

all along

2021

Director

BRIGHTON BEACH

BRIGHTON BEACH

2021

Director

BRIGHTON BEACH MTA

BRIGHTON BEACH MTA

2021

Director

Brooklyn Bridge

Brooklyn Bridge

2021

Director

COME AND GO: Cascais < - > Lisboa

COME AND GO: Cascais < - > Lisboa

2021

Director

Doubles

Doubles

2021

Director

Duckweed

Duckweed

2021

Director

Festivale di San Gennaro

Festivale di San Gennaro

2021

Director

Foursome

Foursome

2021

Director

Glorious Freedom

Glorious Freedom

2021

Director

IRAN

IRAN

2021

Director

MONET VARIATION 1

MONET VARIATION 1

2021

Director

Broken Down on the Highway

Broken Down on the Highway

2021

Director

Bryant Park

Bryant Park

2021

Director

Cafe

Cafe

2021

Director

Gallery

Gallery

2021

Director

TAI CHI

TAI CHI

2021

Director

July 4, 2020

July 4, 2020

2020

Director

5.0
#9

#9

2020

Director

Nebraska Grasses Veils

Nebraska Grasses Veils

2020

Director

ALL ALONG THE WATER TANKS

ALL ALONG THE WATER TANKS

2020

Director

Betty's Grand Canyo Video

Betty's Grand Canyo Video

2020

Director

born to lose

born to lose

2020

Director

Born to Lose

Born to Lose

2020

Director

BROKEN

BROKEN

2020

Director

30/30 Vision: Three Decades of Strand Releasing

30/30 Vision: Three Decades of Strand Releasing

2019

Director

5.3
Muri Romani II

Muri Romani II

2019

Director

Yellow Stone Canyon

Yellow Stone Canyon

2019

Director

10.0
Pequenos Milagres

Pequenos Milagres

2019

Writer

8.0
1

1

2019

Director

2

2

2019

Director

3

3

2019

Director

CLEARCUT

CLEARCUT

2019

Director

NAVE

NAVE

2019

Director

Wood Song

Wood Song

2018

Director

Canyon II

Canyon II

2018

Director

There's Many Friends Along This Way

There's Many Friends Along This Way

2018

Director

6.0
Again & Again

Again & Again

2018

Director

A Death in Mali - Requiem for Empire

A Death in Mali - Requiem for Empire

2018

Director

6.0
Going going gone

Going going gone

2018

Director

if you don't have a friend

if you don't have a friend

2018

Director

Born To Lose

Born To Lose

2018

Director

Broken Down on the Highway

Broken Down on the Highway

2018

Director

Cambridge Afternoon

Cambridge Afternoon

2018

Director

Mountains As Mountains, Landscape for Watanabe Shiko

Mountains As Mountains, Landscape for Watanabe Shiko

2017

Director

6.0
INSTABILITY

INSTABILITY

2017

Director

Antonio DAntoni

Antonio DAntoni

2017

Director

AT PLAY IN THE FIELDS OF THE LORD [NEBRASKA]

AT PLAY IN THE FIELDS OF THE LORD [NEBRASKA]

2017

Director

Wish You Were Here

Wish You Were Here

2016

Additional Photography

final gertjan.m4v

final gertjan.m4v

2016

Director

They Had It Coming

They Had It Coming

2015

Screenplay

6.0
Blue Strait

Blue Strait

2015

Director

7.0
Blue Strait

Blue Strait

2015

Producer

7.0
Blue Strait

Blue Strait

2015

Story

7.0
Bowman Lake

Bowman Lake

2014

Director

6.0
Bowman Lake

Bowman Lake

2014

Director of Photography

6.0
Bowman Lake

Bowman Lake

2014

Editor

6.0
Bowman Lake

Bowman Lake

2014

Producer

6.0
Coming to Terms

Coming to Terms

2013

Director

7.2
Far from Afghanistan

Far from Afghanistan

2012

Director

5.3
Dissonance

Dissonance

2012

Director

The Narcissus Flowers of Katsura-shima

The Narcissus Flowers of Katsura-shima

2012

Director

Trinity

Trinity

2011

Director

Images of a Lost City

Images of a Lost City

2011

Director

Empire's Cross

Empire's Cross

2011

Director

Swimming in Nebraska

Swimming in Nebraska

2010

Director

Rant

Rant

2009

Director

Amtrak

Amtrak

2009

Cinematography

6.0
Amtrak

Amtrak

2009

Director

6.0
Amtrak

Amtrak

2009

Editor

6.0
Amtrak

Amtrak

2009

Producer

6.0
San Lorenzo

San Lorenzo

2009

Camera Operator

6.0
San Lorenzo

San Lorenzo

2009

Director

6.0
San Lorenzo

San Lorenzo

2009

Editor

6.0
San Lorenzo

San Lorenzo

2009

Producer

6.0
San Lorenzo

San Lorenzo

2009

Screenplay

6.0
Parable

Parable

2008

Director

4.0
Over Here

Over Here

2007

Director

8.0
La lunga ombra

La lunga ombra

2006

Director

Passages

Passages

2006

Writer

7.0
Chhattisgarh Sketches

Chhattisgarh Sketches

2004

Director

Vergessensfuge

Vergessensfuge

2004

Producer

6.0
Chhattisgarh Sketches

Chhattisgarh Sketches

2004

Director

Homecoming

Homecoming

2004

Editor

8.8
A View of Mount Baker from Port Angeles, Washington

A View of Mount Baker from Port Angeles, Washington

2004

Director

A Walk Through Waseda Garden

A Walk Through Waseda Garden

2004

Cinematography

3.0
Oui Non

Oui Non

2002

Director

Tanti Auguri

Tanti Auguri

2002

Cinematography

Tanti Auguri

Tanti Auguri

2002

Director

Tanti Auguri

Tanti Auguri

2002

Editor

Tanti Auguri

Tanti Auguri

2002

Producer

Tanti Auguri

Tanti Auguri

2002

Sound

Til Edvard

Til Edvard

2002

Director

5.0
Arbor Fugue

Arbor Fugue

2002

Director

Dharma Do as Dharma Does

Dharma Do as Dharma Does

2001

Director

Roma - un ritratto improvvisario

Roma - un ritratto improvvisario

2000

Director

6 Easy Pieces

6 Easy Pieces

2000

Director

4.6
Another Country

Another Country

2000

Director of Photography

7.5
Muri Romani

Muri Romani

2000

Director

8.0
In the Rays of Light of Ria Formosa

In the Rays of Light of Ria Formosa

1999

Director

6.0
London Brief

London Brief

1997

Editor

Uno a me, uno a te e uno a Raffaele

Uno a me, uno a te e uno a Raffaele

1994

Director

Uno a me, uno a te e uno a Raffaele

Uno a me, uno a te e uno a Raffaele

1994

Writer

Frameup

Frameup

1993

Director

5.8
The Bed You Sleep In

The Bed You Sleep In

1993

Director

6.7
The Living End

The Living End

1992

Executive Producer

6.7
All the Vermeers in New York

All the Vermeers in New York

1992

Director

5.8
Sure Fire

Sure Fire

1990

Camera Operator

6.2
Sure Fire

Sure Fire

1990

Director

6.2
Sure Fire

Sure Fire

1990

Director of Photography

6.2
Sure Fire

Sure Fire

1990

Editor

6.2
Sure Fire

Sure Fire

1990

Writer

6.2
Rembrandt Laughing

Rembrandt Laughing

1989

Director

4.3
Texas, Osijek

Texas, Osijek

1987

Director of Photography

Plain Talk and Common Sense (uncommon senses)

Plain Talk and Common Sense (uncommon senses)

1987

Editor

5.8
Bell Diamond

Bell Diamond

1986

Director

6.3
Slow Moves

Slow Moves

1983

Director

7.0
Slow Moves

Slow Moves

1983

Director of Photography

7.0
Slow Moves

Slow Moves

1983

Editor

7.0
Slow Moves

Slow Moves

1983

Original Music Composer

7.0
Slow Moves

Slow Moves

1983

Producer

7.0
Slow Moves

Slow Moves

1983

Screenplay

7.0
Stagefright

Stagefright

1981

Writer

4.5
Nightshift

Nightshift

1981

Cinematography

7.0
Nightshift

Nightshift

1981

Director of Photography

7.0
Godard 1980

Godard 1980

1980

Director

5.4
Chameleon

Chameleon

1978

Director

6.0
Chameleon

Chameleon

1978

Director of Photography

6.0
Chameleon

Chameleon

1978

Editor

6.0
Chameleon

Chameleon

1978

Producer

6.0
Chameleon

Chameleon

1978

Writer

6.0
Last Chants for a Slow Dance

Last Chants for a Slow Dance

1977

Director

6.3
Angel City

Angel City

1976

Director

5.7
Angel City

Angel City

1976

Director of Photography

5.7
Angel City

Angel City

1976

Editor

5.7
Angel City

Angel City

1976

Producer

5.7
Angel City

Angel City

1976

Writer

5.7
Speaking Directly

Speaking Directly

1973

Director

8.6
Primaries/ A Turning Point in Lunatic China/ 1,2,3, Four

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

1971

Director

6.5
Canyon

Canyon

1970

Director

5.6
Fall Creek

Fall Creek

1970

Director

5.0
13 Fragments & 3 Narratives from Life

13 Fragments & 3 Narratives from Life

1968

Writer

6.0
Traps

Traps

1967

Director

6.0
City

City

1964

Director

4.5
Portrait

Portrait

1963

Director

4.0
Vera X 3

Vera X 3

Director

Funkies

Funkies

Director

Inside Story

Inside Story

Director

Mitch Plays

Mitch Plays

Director

Koch Poem

Koch Poem

Director

Water Song No. 2

Water Song No. 2

Director

Mr. Right

Mr. Right

Director

Um dia vai haver uma domingo

Um dia vai haver uma domingo

Director

Punta Secca

Punta Secca

Director

Red Frame

Red Frame

Director

Red Psalm

Red Psalm

Director

SWANTON ROAD

SWANTON ROAD

Director

GOING GOING GONE

GOING GOING GONE

Director

If You Don't Have A Friend

If You Don't Have A Friend

Director

MONDELLO Surfer's Meditation

MONDELLO Surfer's Meditation

Director

Plain Talk pt 1

Plain Talk pt 1

Director

River Squall

River Squall

Director

The Brambles

The Brambles

Director

The House Is Singing

The House Is Singing

Director

UNION SQUARE

UNION SQUARE

Director

WALTZ FB

WALTZ FB

Director