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Jon Jost

May 16, 1943 - Chicago, Illinois, USA

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 Credits

Credits

Cast

Media
Movie	1991	A Movie Capital	Self
Movie	1993	Made in the USA	Self
Movie	1978	Chameleon	Ranger
Movie	2014	Ghosts of Empire Prairie	Burl Enright
Movie	1981	Nightshift
Movie	1983	Slow Moves	Man Behind Counter
Movie	1994	Mod Fuck Explosion	Drummer
Movie	1982	Cinématon XVIII	N°171
Movie	2019	Pequenos Milagres	Himself
Movie	2024	Cruel, Usual, Necessary: The Passion of Silvio Narizzano	Voice of Silvio Narizzano
Movie	N/A	Country	Man

Crew

Media
Movie	1971	Primaries/ A Turning Point in Lunatic China/ 1,2,3, Four	Director	Directing
Movie	2002	Arbor Fugue	Director	Directing
Movie	2001	Dharma Do as Dharma Does	Director	Directing
Movie	1992	The Living End	Executive Producer	Production
Movie	1963	Portrait	Director	Directing
Movie	2002	Til Edvard	Director	Directing
Movie	2004	A View of Mount Baker from Port Angeles, Washington	Director	Directing
Movie	1968	13 Fragments & 3 Narratives from Life	Writer	Writing
Movie	1968	13 Fragments & 3 Narratives from Life	Producer	Production
Movie	1976	Angel City	Director of Photography	Camera
Movie	1976	Angel City	Editor	Editing
Movie	1976	Angel City	Producer	Production
Movie	1976	Angel City	Writer	Writing
Movie	2020	July 4, 2020	Director	Directing
Movie	2009	San Lorenzo	Director	Directing
Movie	2009	San Lorenzo	Producer	Production
Movie	2009	San Lorenzo	Editor	Editing
Movie	2009	San Lorenzo	Screenplay	Writing
Movie	2009	San Lorenzo	Camera Operator	Camera
Movie	2018	A Death in Mali - Requiem for Empire	Director	Directing
Movie	2018	A Death in Mali - Requiem for Empire	Editor	Editing
Movie	1977	Last Chants for a Slow Dance	Director	Directing
Movie	1977	Last Chants for a Slow Dance	Editor	Editing
Movie	1977	Last Chants for a Slow Dance	Screenplay	Writing
Movie	1992	All the Vermeers in New York	Director	Directing
Movie	1990	Sure Fire	Director	Directing
Movie	N/A	Vera X 3	Cinematography	Crew
Movie	N/A	Vera X 3	Director	Directing
Movie	N/A	Vera X 3	Editor	Editing
Movie	2019	Pequenos Milagres	Editor	Editing
Movie	2019	Pequenos Milagres	Writer	Writing
Movie	2012	Far from Afghanistan	Director	Directing
Movie	1970	Canyon	Director	Directing
Movie	1970	Fall Creek	Director	Directing
Movie	1970	Fall Creek	Editor	Editing
Movie	1970	Fall Creek	Writer	Writing
Movie	1970	Fall Creek	Producer	Production
Movie	2002	Tanti Auguri	Editor	Editing
Movie	2004	A Walk Through Waseda Garden	Cinematography	Crew
Movie	2004	A Walk Through Waseda Garden	Producer	Production
Movie	2004	A Walk Through Waseda Garden	Director	Directing
Movie	2004	A Walk Through Waseda Garden	Writer	Writing
Movie	2002	Tanti Auguri	Director	Directing
Movie	2002	Tanti Auguri	Producer	Production
Movie	2017	Mountains As Mountains, Landscape for Watanabe Shiko	Director	Directing
Movie	2002	Tanti Auguri	Cinematography	Crew
Movie	2002	Tanti Auguri	Sound	Sound
Movie	2004	A Walk Through Waseda Garden	Editor	Editing
Movie	2009	Amtrak	Editor	Editing
Movie	2009	Amtrak	Producer	Production
Movie	2009	Amtrak	Cinematography	Crew
Movie	2009	Amtrak	Director	Directing
Movie	2013	Coming to Terms	Sound mixer	Sound
Movie	2013	Coming to Terms	Visual Effects	Visual Effects
Movie	2013	Coming to Terms	Editor	Editing
Movie	2013	Coming to Terms	Director	Directing
Movie	2013	Coming to Terms	Sound Editor	Sound
Movie	2013	Coming to Terms	Art Direction	Art
Movie	2013	Coming to Terms	Producer	Production
Movie	1976	Angel City	Director	Directing
Movie	1993	The Bed You Sleep In	Director	Directing
Movie	1993	The Bed You Sleep In	Writer	Writing
Movie	2018	Canyon II	Director	Directing
Movie	2018	Canyon II	Cinematography	Crew
Movie	2018	Canyon II	Producer	Production
Movie	2018	Canyon II	Editor	Editing
Movie	1973	Speaking Directly	Director	Directing
Movie	1973	Speaking Directly	Writer	Writing
Movie	2019	Muri Romani II	Director	Directing
Movie	2019	Muri Romani II	Editor	Editing
Movie	2019	Muri Romani II	Director of Photography	Camera
Movie	1983	Slow Moves	Director	Directing
Movie	2008	Parable	Director	Directing
Movie	1986	Bell Diamond	Director	Directing
Movie	1989	Rembrandt Laughing	Writer	Writing
Movie	1989	Rembrandt Laughing	Director	Directing
Movie	N/A	Mitch Plays	Director	Directing
Movie	N/A	Inside Story	Director	Directing
Movie	2004	Chhattisgraph Sketches	Director	Directing
Movie	2011	Empire's Cross	Director	Directing
Movie	N/A	Koch Poem	Director	Directing
Movie	2012	The Narcissus Flowers of Katsura-shima	Director	Directing
Movie	1994	Uno a me, uno a te e uno a Raffaele	Writer	Writing
Movie	2009	Rant	Director	Directing
Movie	2000	6 Easy Pieces	Director	Directing
Movie	N/A	Um dia vai haver uma domingo	Director	Directing
Movie	N/A	Funkies	Director	Directing
Movie	N/A	Water Song No. 2	Director	Directing
Movie	N/A	Mr. Right	Director	Directing
Movie	1964	City	Director	Directing
Movie	1980	Godard 1980	Director	Directing
Movie	1992	All the Vermeers in New York	Writer	Writing
Movie	2004	Homecoming	Editor	Editing
Movie	2004	Homecoming	Writer	Writing
Movie	2004	Homecoming	Director	Directing
Movie	2004	Homecoming	Producer	Production
Movie	2023	Casa do silencio	Director	Directing
Movie	2023	Casa do silencio	Writer	Writing
Movie	1993	Frameup	Writer	Writing
Movie	1993	Frameup	Director	Directing
Movie	1993	Frameup	Editor	Editing
Movie	2015	They Had It Coming	Screenplay	Writing
Movie	2015	They Had It Coming	Editor	Editing
Movie	2015	They Had It Coming	Director	Directing
Movie	2015	They Had It Coming	Producer	Production
Movie	2015	They Had It Coming	Art Direction	Art
Movie	2016	Wish You Were Here	Additional Photography	Camera
Movie	2011	Images of a Lost City	Director	Directing
Movie	2004	Homecoming	Director of Photography	Camera
Movie	1981	Stagefright	Editor	Editing
Movie	1981	Stagefright	Writer	Writing
Movie	1981	Stagefright	Director	Directing
Movie	1987	Plain Talk and Common Sense (uncommon senses)	Editor	Editing
Movie	1987	Plain Talk and Common Sense (uncommon senses)	Producer	Production
Movie	1987	Plain Talk and Common Sense (uncommon senses)	Director	Directing
Movie	1987	Plain Talk and Common Sense (uncommon senses)	Writer	Writing
Movie	1978	Chameleon	Editor	Editing
Movie	1978	Chameleon	Director	Directing
Movie	1978	Chameleon	Writer	Writing
Movie	1978	Chameleon	Producer	Production
Movie	1968	13 Fragments & 3 Narratives from Life	Director	Directing
Movie	2014	Bowman Lake	Director	Directing
Movie	2014	Bowman Lake	Editor	Editing
Movie	2014	Bowman Lake	Producer	Production
Movie	1986	Bell Diamond	Cinematography	Crew
Movie	1986	Bell Diamond	Producer	Production
Movie	1986	Bell Diamond	Editor	Editing
Movie	2023	Deadendz	Editor	Editing
Movie	2023	Deadendz	Director	Directing
Movie	2023	Deadendz	Director of Photography	Camera
Movie	2002	Oui Non	Director	Directing
Movie	2023	DHAKA: Mirpur & Dhammondi Road	Director	Directing
Movie	2015	Blue Strait	Director	Directing
Movie	1967	Traps	Director	Directing
Movie	1986	Bell Diamond	Writer	Writing
Movie	1987	Plain Talk and Common Sense (uncommon senses)	Director of Photography	Camera
Movie	2015	They Had It Coming	Director of Photography	Camera
Movie	1992	All the Vermeers in New York	Editor	Editing
Movie	1992	All the Vermeers in New York	Director of Photography	Camera
Movie	1993	Frameup	Director of Photography	Camera
Movie	1978	Chameleon	Director of Photography	Camera
Movie	2015	Blue Strait	Story	Writing
Movie	2013	Coming to Terms	Director of Photography	Camera
Movie	2014	Bowman Lake	Director of Photography	Camera
Movie	1981	Stagefright	Director of Photography	Camera
Movie	1977	Last Chants for a Slow Dance	Director of Photography	Camera
Movie	2015	They Had It Coming	Original Music Composer	Sound
Movie	2015	Blue Strait	Producer	Production
Movie	2015	They Had It Coming	Sound	Sound
Movie	2021	Tourists	Director	Directing
Movie	1977	Last Chants for a Slow Dance	Music	Sound
Movie	2011	Images of a Lost City	Cinematography	Crew
Movie	2000	Muri Romani	Director	Directing
Movie	1999	In the Rays of Light of Ria Formosa	Director	Directing
Movie	2018	Wood Song	Director	Directing
Movie	2018	Again & Again	Director	Directing
Movie	1983	Slow Moves	Original Music Composer	Sound
Movie	1983	Slow Moves	Screenplay	Writing
Movie	1983	Slow Moves	Editor	Editing
Movie	1983	Slow Moves	Director of Photography	Camera
Movie	1983	Slow Moves	Producer	Production
Movie	2004	Vergessensfuge	Producer	Production
Movie	2004	Vergessensfuge	Writer	Writing
Movie	2004	Vergessensfuge	Director	Directing
Movie	2004	Vergessensfuge	Director of Photography	Camera
Movie	2006	Passages	Producer	Production
Movie	2006	Passages	Editor	Editing
Movie	2006	Passages	Writer	Writing
Movie	2006	Passages	Director of Photography	Camera
Movie	2006	Passages	Sound Designer	Sound
Movie	2004	Vergessensfuge	Editor	Editing
Movie	2006	Passages	Director	Directing
Movie	1993	The Bed You Sleep In	Director of Photography	Camera
Movie	1993	The Bed You Sleep In	Editor	Editing
Movie	1989	Rembrandt Laughing	Editor	Editing
Movie	1989	Rembrandt Laughing	Director of Photography	Camera
Movie	1989	Rembrandt Laughing	Producer	Production
Movie	N/A	There's Many Friends Along This Way	Director	Directing
Movie	2007	Over Here	Director	Directing
Movie	2006	La lunga ombra	Director	Directing
Movie	1997	London Brief	Editor	Editing
Movie	2006	La lunga ombra	Director of Photography	Camera
Movie	1997	London Brief	Director of Photography	Camera
Movie	2006	La lunga ombra	Writer	Writing
Movie	2006	La lunga ombra	Editor	Editing
Movie	1997	London Brief	Director	Directing
Movie	2006	La lunga ombra	Producer	Production
Movie	2011	Trinity	Director	Directing
Movie	2019	30/30 Vision: Three Decades of Strand Releasing	Director	Directing
Movie	2019	Yellow Stone Canyon	Director	Directing
Movie	1989	Rembrandt Laughing	Sound Recordist	Sound
Movie	2019	Pequenos Milagres	Director	Directing
Movie	2000	Roma - un ritratto improvvisario	Director	Directing
Movie	2000	Another Country	Director of Photography	Camera
Movie	1990	Sure Fire	Writer	Writing
Movie	1990	Sure Fire	Editor	Editing
Movie	1990	Sure Fire	Director of Photography	Camera
Movie	1990	Sure Fire	Camera Operator	Camera
Movie	1994	Uno a me, uno a te e uno a Raffaele	Director	Directing
Movie	2010	Swimming in Nebraska	Director	Directing
Movie	1981	Nightshift	Cinematography	Crew