Jon Jost
Directing · Born 1943-05-16 · Chicago, Illinois, USA
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.
As cast
Cruel, Usual, Necessary: The Passion of Silvio Narizzano 2024
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Not Getting Stoned with Jon Jost 2023
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Pequenos Milagres 2019
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Ghosts of Empire Prairie 2014
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Mod Fuck Explosion 1994
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Made in the USA 1993
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A Movie Capital 1991
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Slow Moves 1983
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Cinématon XVIII 1982
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Nightshift 1981
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Chameleon 1978
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Country
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As director
Walkerville 2024
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Casa do silencio 2023
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Deadendz 2023
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DHAKA: Mirpur & Dhammondi Road 2023
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Tourists 2021
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July 4, 2020 2020
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Yellow Stone Canyon 2019
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30/30 Vision: Three Decades of Strand Releasing 2019
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Pequenos Milagres 2019
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Muri Romani II 2019
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Wood Song 2018
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A Death in Mali - Requiem for Empire 2018
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There's Many Friends Along This Way 2018
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Again & Again 2018
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Canyon II 2018
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Mountains As Mountains, Landscape for Watanabe Shiko 2017
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Blue Strait 2015
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They Had It Coming 2015
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Bowman Lake 2014
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Coming to Terms 2013
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Dissonance 2012
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Far from Afghanistan 2012
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The Narcissus Flowers of Katsura-shima 2012
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Empire's Cross 2011
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Images of a Lost City 2011
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Trinity 2011
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Swimming in Nebraska 2010
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San Lorenzo 2009
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Amtrak 2009
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Rant 2009
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Parable 2008
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Over Here 2007
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La lunga ombra 2006
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Passages 2006
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Homecoming 2004
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A View of Mount Baker from Port Angeles, Washington 2004
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Vergessensfuge 2004
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Chhattisgarh Sketches 2004
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Chattisgraph Sketches 2004
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A Walk Through Waseda Garden 2004
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Oui Non 2002
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Arbor Fugue 2002
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Til Edvard 2002
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Tanti Auguri 2002
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Dharma Do as Dharma Does 2001
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Muri Romani 2000
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6 Easy Pieces 2000
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Roma - un ritratto improvvisario 2000
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In the Rays of Light of Ria Formosa 1999
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London Brief 1997
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Uno a me, uno a te e uno a Raffaele 1994
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The Bed You Sleep In 1993
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Frameup 1993
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All the Vermeers in New York 1992
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Sure Fire 1990
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Rembrandt Laughing 1989
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Plain Talk and Common Sense (uncommon senses) 1987
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Bell Diamond 1986
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Slow Moves 1983
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Stagefright 1981
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Godard 1980 1980
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Chameleon 1978
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Last Chants for a Slow Dance 1977
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Angel City 1976
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Speaking Directly 1973
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Primaries/ A Turning Point in Lunatic China/ 1,2,3, Four 1971
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Canyon 1970
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Vera X 3
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Fall Creek 1970
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Mitch Plays
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Koch Poem
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Inside Story
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Funkies
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Um dia vai haver uma domingo
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Water Song No. 2
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Mr. Right
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13 Fragments & 3 Narratives from Life 1968
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Traps 1967
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City 1964
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Portrait 1963
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