Jon Jost
Directing
May 16, 1943 (83 years old)
Chicago, Illinois, USA
12
Acting Credits
167
Directed
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 wi...
Known For
Filmography
Cruel, Usual, Necessary: The Passion of Silvio Narizzano
2024
as Voice of Silvio Narizzano
Not Getting Stoned with Jon Jost
2023
as himself
Pequenos Milagres
2019
as Himself
8
Ghosts of Empire Prairie
2014
as Burl Enright
Mod Fuck Explosion
1994
as Drummer
5.5
Made in the USA
1993
as Self
2
A Movie Capital
1991
as Self
6
Slow Moves
1983
as Man Behind Counter
7.5
Cinématon XVIII
1982
as N°171
Nightshift
1981
6.7
Chameleon
1978
as Ranger
7
Country
1968
as Man