Jon Jost
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Jon Jost (born 16 May 1943 in Chicago) is an American independent filmmaker and a good example of an auteur, a director who exerts complete creative control over his films.
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. On his release he became engaged in anti-war activities, working for the draft resistance, Chicago Mobilization, and helped found the Chicago branch of what became Newsreel, the New Left Film production and distribution group.
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. Since 1996 he has worked almost exclusively in digital video (DV), completing six features and many short films. Two of his most successful films are All the Vermeers in New York (1990) and The Bed You Sleep In (1993).
[edit] Filmography
- Speaking Directly (1973)
- Angel City (1976)
- Last Chants for a Slow Dance (1977)
- Chameleon (1978)
- Godard 1980 (1980)
- Stagefright (1981)
- Slow Moves (1983)
- Bell Diamond (1986)
- Plain Talk & Common Sense" (1987)
- Rembrandt Laughing (1988)
- Sure Fire (1990)
- All the Vermeers in New York (1990)
- Frameup (1993)
- The Bed You Sleep In (1993)
- Uno a me, uno a te e uno a Raffaele (1994)
- London Brief (1997)
- Nas Correntes de Luz da Ria Formosa (1999)
- 6 Easy Pieces (2000)
- Roma - un ritratto improvvisario (2000)
- Muri romani (2000)
- Oui non (2002)
- Vergessensfuge (2004)
- Homecoming (2004)
