As Actor, As Director, As Writer
Pequenos Milagres
2019
8.0
Jon Jost
Acting
Birth date
May 16, 1943
Birth place
Chicago, Illinois, USA
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 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.
Featured in
As Director
Blue Strait
2015
7.0
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Homecoming
2004
8.8
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Vergessensfuge
2004
6.0
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The Bed You Sleep In
1993
6.7
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Frameup
1993
6.2
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All the Vermeers in New York
1992
5.7
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Sure Fire
1990
6.2
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Rembrandt Laughing
1989
4.7
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Bell Diamond
1986
6.3
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Slow Moves
1983
7.0
As Actor
Nightshift
1981
10.0
As Director
Godard 1980
1980
5.4
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Chameleon
1978
6.0
As Director, As Writer
Last Chants for a Slow Dance
1977
6.3
As Director, As Writer
Angel City
1976
5.7