Jon Jost

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.

Directed

1. All the Vermeers in New York (1992) — Director
2. Last Chants for a Slow Dance (1977) — Director
3. Canyon (1970) — Director
4. The Bed You Sleep In (1993) — Director
5. Frameup (1993) — Director
6. Angel City (1976) — Director
7. Rembrandt Laughing (1989) — Director
8. Bell Diamond (1986) — Director
9. Stagefright (1981) — Director
10. Sure Fire (1990) — Director
11. Speaking Directly (1973) — Director
12. 6 Easy Pieces (2000) — Director
13. Godard 1980 (1980) — Director
14. 30/30 Vision: Three Decades of Strand Releasing (2019) — Director
15. Homecoming (2004) — Director
16. Plain Talk and Common Sense (uncommon senses) (1987) — Director
17. Coming to Terms (2013) — Director
18. Slow Moves (1983) — Director
19. Far from Afghanistan (2012) — Director
20. Primaries/ A Turning Point in Lunatic China/ 1,2,3, Four (1971) — Director
21. San Lorenzo (2009) — Director
22. City (1964) — Director
23. Chameleon (1978) — Director
24. Oui Non (2002) — Director
25. Muri Romani (2000) — Director
26. In the Rays of Light of Ria Formosa (1999) — Director
27. Vergessensfuge (2004) — Director
28. Yellow Stone Canyon (2019) — Director
29. Portrait (1963) — Director
30. Til Edvard (2002) — Director
31. July 4, 2020 (2020) — Director
32. A Death in Mali - Requiem for Empire (2018) — Director
33. Fall Creek (1970) — Director
34. A Walk Through Waseda Garden (2004) — Director
35. Mountains As Mountains, Landscape for Watanabe Shiko (2017) — Director
36. Amtrak (2009) — Director
37. Parable (2008) — Director
38. They Had It Coming (2015) — Director
39. 13 Fragments & 3 Narratives from Life (1968) — Director
40. Bowman Lake (2014) — Director

Also appeared in

1. Mod Fuck Explosion (1994) — Drummer
2. Nightshift (1981)
3. Slow Moves (1983) — Man Behind Counter
4. Made in the USA (1993) — Self
5. Chameleon (1978) — Ranger
6. A Movie Capital (1991) — Self
7. Pequenos Milagres (2019) — Himself
8. Ghosts of Empire Prairie (2014) — Burl Enright
9. Cinématon XVIII (1982) — N°171
10. Cruel, Usual, Necessary: The Passion of Silvio Narizzano (2024) — Voice of Silvio Narizzano
11. Country (1968) — Man
12. Not Getting Stoned with Jon Jost (2023) — himself