Jon Jost

Jon Jost

Known for
Directing
Born
May 16, 1943 (age 83)
Birthplace
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.

Known For

Filmography

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Vera X 3 poster

Vera X 3

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Mitch Plays

Mitch Plays

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Inside Story

Inside Story

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Koch Poem

Koch Poem

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Um dia vai haver uma domingo

Um dia vai haver uma domingo

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Funkies

Funkies

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Water Song No. 2

Water Song No. 2

Movie · Director

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Mr. Right

Mr. Right

Movie · Director

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PROVA

PROVA

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Punta Secca poster

Punta Secca

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Rabeahe

Rabeahe

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Red Frame poster

Red Frame

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Red Psalm poster

Red Psalm

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STARBOARD

STARBOARD

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Street Life

Street Life

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SWANTON ROAD poster

SWANTON ROAD

Movie · Director

2024
Walkerville poster

Walkerville

Movie · Director

2023
Casa do silencio poster

Casa do silencio

Movie · Director

2023
Deadendz poster

Deadendz

Movie · Director

2023
DHAKA: Mirpur & Dhammondi Road

DHAKA: Mirpur & Dhammondi Road

Movie · Director

2023
5 MINS IN CANNING

5 MINS IN CANNING

Movie · Director

2023
FIRTH2

FIRTH2

Movie · Director

2023
UGIA SONG POEM

UGIA SONG POEM

Movie · Director

2022
SONG

SONG

Movie · Director

2022
murmuration poster

murmuration

Movie · Director

2021
Tourists poster

Tourists

Movie · Director

2021
A Tree Grows in Brooklyn poster

A Tree Grows in Brooklyn

Movie · Director

2021
all along poster

all along

Movie · Director

2021
BRIGHTON BEACH

BRIGHTON BEACH

Movie · Director

2021
BRIGHTON BEACH MTA

BRIGHTON BEACH MTA

Movie · Director

2021
Broken Down on the Highway

Broken Down on the Highway

Movie · Director

2021
Brooklyn Bridge

Brooklyn Bridge

Movie · Director

2021
Bryant Park

Bryant Park

Movie · Director

2021
Cafe

Cafe

Movie · Director

2021
COME AND GO: Cascais < - > Lisboa poster

COME AND GO: Cascais < - > Lisboa

Movie · Director

2021
Doubles

Doubles

Movie · Director

2021
Duckweed poster

Duckweed

Movie · Director

2021
Festivale di San Gennaro

Festivale di San Gennaro

Movie · Director

2021
Foursome

Foursome

Movie · Director

2021
Gallery

Gallery

Movie · Director

2021
Glorious Freedom

Glorious Freedom

Movie · Director

2021
Grand Central Station

Grand Central Station

Movie · Director

2021
IRAN poster

IRAN

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2021
LISBOA CASCAIS 2

LISBOA CASCAIS 2

Movie · Director

2021
LISBON CASCAIS

LISBON CASCAIS

Movie · Director

2021
Love Letter To Robert

Love Letter To Robert

Movie · Director

2021
Madison Park II

Madison Park II

Movie · Director

2021
MADISON SQ PARK

MADISON SQ PARK

Movie · Director

2021
mercado del capo

mercado del capo

Movie · Director

2021
MERRY-GO-AROUND

MERRY-GO-AROUND

Movie · Director

2021
MET

MET

Movie · Director

2021
Mondello Meditazione No. 2

Mondello Meditazione No. 2

Movie · Director

2021
MONDELLO Surfer's Meditation

MONDELLO Surfer's Meditation

Movie · Director

2021
MONET VARIATION 1 poster

MONET VARIATION 1

Movie · Director

2021
O Canto do Sao Pedro de Moel

O Canto do Sao Pedro de Moel

Movie · Director

2021
OCULUS

OCULUS

Movie · Director

2021
odette & jon poster

odette & jon

Movie · Director

2021
Opening at O'Flaherty's

Opening at O'Flaherty's

Movie · Director

2021
Play Ball

Play Ball

Movie · Director

2021
River Squall

River Squall

Movie · Director

2021
SERFS UP

SERFS UP

Movie · Director

2021
Sonnyboy's

Sonnyboy's

Movie · Director

2021
TAI CHI

TAI CHI

Movie · Director

2021
The House Is Singing

The House Is Singing

Movie · Director

2021
Three Views

Three Views

Movie · Director

2021
UNION SQUARE

UNION SQUARE

Movie · Director

2021
Up On The Mountain

Up On The Mountain

Movie · Director

2021
WALK IN THE PARK

WALK IN THE PARK

Movie · Director

2020
July 4, 2020 poster

July 4, 2020

Movie · Director

2020
#9

#9

Movie · Director

2020
ALL ALONG THE WATER TANKS

ALL ALONG THE WATER TANKS

Movie · Director

2020
Betty's Grand Canyon Video

Betty's Grand Canyon Video

Movie · Director

2020
born to lose

born to lose

Movie · Director

2020
Born to Lose

Born to Lose

Movie · Director

2020
BROKEN

BROKEN

Movie · Director

2020
fixin to die

fixin to die

Movie · Director

2020
GOING GOING GONE

GOING GOING GONE

Movie · Director

2020
going gone

going gone

Movie · Director

2020
HOUSES

HOUSES

Movie · Director

2020
If You Don't Have A Friend

If You Don't Have A Friend

Movie · Director

2020
many friends

many friends

Movie · Director

2020
I Been Up On The Mountain

I Been Up On The Mountain

Movie · Director

2020
Mt Plesant Wa 420 1-1

Mt Plesant Wa 420 1-1

Movie · Director

2020
MY LIFE AS A MIDGE

MY LIFE AS A MIDGE

Movie · Director

2020
Nebraska Grasses Veils poster

Nebraska Grasses Veils

Movie · Director

2020
neon galaxy

neon galaxy

Movie · Director

2020
Number Nine

Number Nine

Movie · Director

2020
ON THE STRAIT

ON THE STRAIT

Movie · Director

2020
PRICKLY-PEAR FINAL

PRICKLY-PEAR FINAL

Movie · Director

2020
Spectral Passage

Spectral Passage

Movie · Director

2020
The Brambles poster

The Brambles

Movie · Director

2020
The Symphony

The Symphony

Movie · Director

2020
Veils

Veils

Movie · Director

2020
waltzing

waltzing

Movie · Director

2020
whole lotta living

whole lotta living

Movie · Director

2019
Muri Romani II poster

Muri Romani II

Movie · Director

2019
30/30 Vision: Three Decades of Strand Releasing poster

30/30 Vision: Three Decades of Strand Releasing

Movie · Director

2019
Yellow Stone Canyon poster

Yellow Stone Canyon

Movie · Director

2019
Pequenos Milagres poster

Pequenos Milagres

Movie · Director

2019
1 poster

1

Movie · Director

2019
2 poster

2

Movie · Director

2019
3 poster

3

Movie · Director

2019
CLEARCUT

CLEARCUT

Movie · Director

2019
KOREA

KOREA

Movie · Director

2019
NAVE poster

NAVE

Movie · Director

2019
See What I Mean ?

See What I Mean ?

Movie · Director

2019
TULSA

TULSA

Movie · Director

2018
A Death in Mali - Requiem for Empire poster

A Death in Mali - Requiem for Empire

Movie · Director

2018
Canyon II poster

Canyon II

Movie · Director

2018
Wood Song poster

Wood Song

Movie · Director

2018
Again & Again poster

Again & Again

Movie · Director

2018
There's Many Friends Along This Way poster

There's Many Friends Along This Way

Movie · Director

2018
Born To Lose

Born To Lose

Movie · Director

2018
Broken Down on the Highway

Broken Down on the Highway

Movie · Director

2018
Cambridge Afternoon

Cambridge Afternoon

Movie · Director

2018
Going going gone

Going going gone

Movie · Director

2018
if you don't have a friend

if you don't have a friend

Movie · Director

2017
Mountains As Mountains, Landscape for Watanabe Shiko poster

Mountains As Mountains, Landscape for Watanabe Shiko

Movie · Director

2017
Antonio DAntoni

Antonio DAntoni

Movie · Director

2017
AT PLAY IN THE FIELDS OF THE LORD [NEBRASKA]

AT PLAY IN THE FIELDS OF THE LORD [NEBRASKA]

Movie · Director

2017
INSTABILITY

INSTABILITY

Movie · Director

2017
Plain Talk pt 1

Plain Talk pt 1

Movie · Director

2017
Plain Talk pt 2

Plain Talk pt 2

Movie · Director

2017
WALTZ FB

WALTZ FB

Movie · Director

2016
final gertjan.m4v

final gertjan.m4v

Movie · Director

2016
LB BOLOGNA FOR

LB BOLOGNA FOR

Movie · Director

2016
The Last Election

The Last Election

Movie · Director

2015
They Had It Coming poster

They Had It Coming

Movie · Director

2015
Blue Strait poster

Blue Strait

Movie · Director

2015
JOST ON SPEAKING DIRECTLY

JOST ON SPEAKING DIRECTLY

Movie · Director

2014
Bowman Lake poster

Bowman Lake

Movie · Director

2013
Coming to Terms poster

Coming to Terms

Movie · Director

2012
Far from Afghanistan poster

Far from Afghanistan

Movie · Director

2012
Empire's Cross poster

Empire's Cross

Movie · Director

2012
The Narcissus Flowers of Katsura-shima poster

The Narcissus Flowers of Katsura-shima

Movie · Director

2012
Dissonance poster

Dissonance

Movie · Director

2011
Images of a Lost City poster

Images of a Lost City

Movie · Director

2011
Trinity poster

Trinity

Movie · Director

2010
Swimming in Nebraska poster

Swimming in Nebraska

Movie · Director

2009
San Lorenzo poster

San Lorenzo

Movie · Director

2009
Amtrak poster

Amtrak

Movie · Director

2009
Rant poster

Rant

Movie · Director

2008
Parable poster

Parable

Movie · Director

2007
Over Here poster

Over Here

Movie · Director

2006
Passages poster

Passages

Movie · Director

2006
La lunga ombra poster

La lunga ombra

Movie · Director

2004
A View of Mount Baker from Port Angeles, Washington

A View of Mount Baker from Port Angeles, Washington

Movie · Director

2004
A Walk Through Waseda Garden poster

A Walk Through Waseda Garden

Movie · Director

2004
Chhattisgarh Sketches poster

Chhattisgarh Sketches

Movie · Director

2004
Homecoming poster

Homecoming

Movie · Director

2004
Vergessensfuge poster

Vergessensfuge

Movie · Director

2003
Oui Non poster

Oui Non

Movie · Director

2002
Arbor Fugue

Arbor Fugue

Movie · Director

2002
Til Edvard poster

Til Edvard

Movie · Director

2002
Tanti Auguri poster

Tanti Auguri

Movie · Director

2001
Dharma Do as Dharma Does

Dharma Do as Dharma Does

Movie · Director

2000
6 Easy Pieces poster

6 Easy Pieces

Movie · Director

2000
Muri Romani poster

Muri Romani

Movie · Director

2000
Roma - un ritratto improvvisario poster

Roma - un ritratto improvvisario

Movie · Director

1999
In the Rays of Light of Ria Formosa poster

In the Rays of Light of Ria Formosa

Movie · Director

1997
London Brief poster

London Brief

Movie · Director

1994
Uno a me, uno a te e uno a Raffaele poster

Uno a me, uno a te e uno a Raffaele

Movie · Director

1993
The Bed You Sleep In poster

The Bed You Sleep In

Movie · Director

1993
Frameup poster

Frameup

Movie · Director

1992
All the Vermeers in New York poster

All the Vermeers in New York

Movie · Director

1990
Sure Fire poster

Sure Fire

Movie · Director

1989
Rembrandt Laughing poster

Rembrandt Laughing

Movie · Director

1987
Plain Talk and Common Sense (uncommon senses) poster

Plain Talk and Common Sense (uncommon senses)

Movie · Director

1986
Bell Diamond poster

Bell Diamond

Movie · Director

1983
Slow Moves poster

Slow Moves

Movie · Director

1981
Stagefright poster

Stagefright

Movie · Director

1980
Godard 1980 poster

Godard 1980

Movie · Director

1978
Chameleon poster

Chameleon

Movie · Director

1977
Last Chants for a Slow Dance poster

Last Chants for a Slow Dance

Movie · Director

1976
Angel City poster

Angel City

Movie · Director

1973
Speaking Directly poster

Speaking Directly

Movie · Director

1971
Primaries/ A Turning Point in Lunatic China/ 1,2,3, Four

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

Movie · Director

1970
Canyon poster

Canyon

Movie · Director

1970
Fall Creek poster

Fall Creek

Movie · Director

1968
13 Fragments & 3 Narratives from Life poster

13 Fragments & 3 Narratives from Life

Movie · Director

1967
Traps poster

Traps

Movie · Director

1964
City

City

Movie · Director

1963
Portrait poster

Portrait

Movie · Director