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