Jon Jost
- Known for
- Directing
- Born
- 16 May 1943 · 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.
Known for
Directing 184
- 2026STARBOARD · director
- 2026SWANTON ROAD · director
- 2026Punta Secca · director
- 2026Red Frame · director
- 2026Street Life · director
- 2026PROVA · director
- 2026Rabeahe · director
- 2026Red Psalm · director
- 2025Inside Story · director
- 2025Mitch Plays · director
- 2025Mr. Right · director
- 2025Funkies · director
- 2025There's Many Friends Along This Way · director
- 2025Vera X 3 · director
- 2025Water Song No. 2 · director
- 2025Um dia vai haver uma domingo · director
- 2025Koch Poem · director
- 2024Walkerville · director
- 2023Casa do silencio · director
- 2023FIRTH2 · director
- 2023Deadendz · director
- 2023UGIA SONG POEM · director
- 2023DHAKA: Mirpur & Dhammondi Road · director
- 20235 MINS IN CANNING · director
- 2022SONG · director
- 2022murmuration · director
- 2021The House Is Singing · director
- 2021mercado del capo · director
- 2021MONDELLO Surfer's Meditation · director
- 2021Mondello Meditazione No. 2 · director
- 2021O Canto do Sao Pedro de Moel · director
- 2021COME AND GO: Cascais < - > Lisboa · director
- 2021odette & jon · director
- 2021LISBOA CASCAIS 2 · director
- 2021Cafe · director
- 2021LISBON CASCAIS · director
- 2021Play Ball · director
- 2021SERFS UP · director
- 2021TAI CHI · director
- 2021MADISON SQ PARK · director
- 2021MET · director
- 2021Festivale di San Gennaro · director
- 2021Brooklyn Bridge · director
- 2021WALK IN THE PARK · director
- 2021OCULUS · director
- 2021Madison Park II · director
- 2021Three Views · director
- 2021A Tree Grows in Brooklyn · director
- 2021Doubles · director
- 2021BRIGHTON BEACH MTA · director
- 2021Duckweed · director
- 2021Gallery · director
- 2021Grand Central Station · director
- 2021MERRY-GO-AROUND · director
- 2021Bryant Park · director
- 2021UNION SQUARE · director
- 2021Love Letter To Robert · director
- 2021Sonnyboy's · director
- 2021Foursome · director
- 2021Glorious Freedom · director
- 2021BRIGHTON BEACH · director
- 2021Opening at O'Flaherty's · director
- 2021Up On The Mountain · director
- 2021MONET VARIATION 1 · director
- 2021River Squall · director
- 2021all along · director
- 2021IRAN · director
- 2021Broken Down on the Highway · director
- 2021Tourists · director
- 2020PRICKLY-PEAR FINAL · director
- 2020#9 · director
- 2020HOUSES · director
- 2020I Been Up On The Mountain · director
- 2020ALL ALONG THE WATER TANKS · director
- 2020The Symphony · director
- 2020MY LIFE AS A MIDGE · director
- 2020Born to Lose · director
- 2020If You Don't Have A Friend · director
- 2020The Brambles · director
- 2020Number Nine · director
- 2020Veils · director
- 2020Nebraska Grasses Veils · director
- 2020July 4, 2020 · director
- 2020Spectral Passage · director
- 2020waltzing · director
- 2020neon galaxy · director
- 2020many friends · director
- 2020born to lose · director
- 2020ON THE STRAIT · director
- 2020BROKEN · director
- 2020fixin to die · director
- 2020whole lotta living · director
- 2020GOING GOING GONE · director
- 2020Mt Plesant Wa 420 1-1 · director
- 2020going gone · director
- 2020Betty's Grand Canyon Video · director
- 2019Yellow Stone Canyon · director
- 201930/30 Vision: Three Decades of Strand Releasing · director
- 2019Pequenos Milagres · director
- 2019See What I Mean ? · director
- 2019KOREA · director
- 2019NAVE · director
- 20192 · director
- 20191 · director
- 20193 · director
- 2019CLEARCUT · director
- 2019Muri Romani II · director
- 2019TULSA · director
- 2018if you don't have a friend · director
- 2018Broken Down on the Highway · director
- 2018Born To Lose · director
- 2018Going going gone · director
- 2018Wood Song · director
- 2018A Death in Mali - Requiem for Empire · director
- 2018Again & Again · director
- 2018Cambridge Afternoon · director
- 2018Canyon II · director
- 2017WALTZ FB · director
- 2017Plain Talk pt 2 · director
- 2017Plain Talk pt 1 · director
- 2017AT PLAY IN THE FIELDS OF THE LORD [NEBRASKA] · director
- 2017INSTABILITY · director
- 2017Antonio DAntoni · director
- 2017Mountains As Mountains, Landscape for Watanabe Shiko · director
- 2016The Last Election · director
- 2016LB BOLOGNA FOR · director
- 2016final gertjan.m4v · director
- 2015JOST ON SPEAKING DIRECTLY · director
- 2015Blue Strait · director
- 2015They Had It Coming · director
- 2014Bowman Lake · director
- 2013Coming to Terms · director
- 2012Dissonance · director
- 2012Far from Afghanistan · director
- 2012The Narcissus Flowers of Katsura-shima · director
- 2011Empire's Cross · director
- 2011Images of a Lost City · director
- 2011Trinity · director
- 2010Swimming in Nebraska · director
- 2009Rant · director
- 2009Amtrak · director
- 2009San Lorenzo · director
- 2008Parable · director
- 2007Over Here · director
- 2006La lunga ombra · director
- 2006Passages · director
- 2004Homecoming · director
- 2004A View of Mount Baker from Port Angeles, Washington · director
- 2004Vergessensfuge · director
- 2004Chhattisgarh Sketches · director
- 2004Chhattisgraph Sketches · director
- 2004A Walk Through Waseda Garden · director
- 2002Oui Non · director
- 2002Arbor Fugue · director
- 2002Til Edvard · director
- 2002Tanti Auguri · director
- 2001Dharma Do as Dharma Does · director
- 2000Muri Romani · director
- 20006 Easy Pieces · director
- 2000Roma - un ritratto improvvisario · director
- 1999In the Rays of Light of Ria Formosa · director
- 1997London Brief · director
- 1994Uno a me, uno a te e uno a Raffaele · director
- 1993The Bed You Sleep In · director
- 1993Frameup · director
- 1992All the Vermeers in New York · director
- 1990Sure Fire · director
- 1989Rembrandt Laughing · director
- 1987Plain Talk and Common Sense (uncommon senses) · director
- 1986Bell Diamond · director
- 1983Slow Moves · director
- 1981Stagefright · director
- 1980Godard 1980 · director
- 1978Chameleon · director
- 1977Last Chants for a Slow Dance · director
- 1976Angel City · director
- 1973Speaking Directly · director
- 1971Primaries/ A Turning Point in Lunatic China/ 1,2,3, Four · director
- 1970Canyon · director
- 1970Fall Creek · director
- 196813 Fragments & 3 Narratives from Life · director
- 1967Traps · director
- 1964City · director
- 1963Portrait · director
Acting 12
- 2025Country as Man
- 2024Cruel, Usual, Necessary: The Passion of Silvio Narizzano as Voice of Silvio Narizzano
- 2023Not Getting Stoned with Jon Jost as himself
- 2019Pequenos Milagres as Himself
- 2014Ghosts of Empire Prairie as Burl Enright
- 1994Mod Fuck Explosion as Drummer
- 1993Made in the USA as Self
- 1991A Movie Capital as Self
- 1983Slow Moves as Man Behind Counter
- 1982Cinématon XVIII as N°171
- 1981Nightshift
- 1978Chameleon as Ranger
crew 7
- 2025Vera X 3 · cinematography
- 2018Canyon II · cinematography
- 2011Images of a Lost City · cinematography
- 2009Amtrak · cinematography
- 2004A Walk Through Waseda Garden · cinematography
- 2002Tanti Auguri · cinematography
- 1986Bell Diamond · cinematography
Editing 31
- 2025Vera X 3 · editor
- 2023Deadendz · editor
- 2019Pequenos Milagres · editor
- 2019Muri Romani II · editor
- 2018A Death in Mali - Requiem for Empire · editor
- 2018Canyon II · editor
- 2015They Had It Coming · editor
- 2014Bowman Lake · editor
- 2013Coming to Terms · editor
- 2009San Lorenzo · editor
- 2009Amtrak · editor
- 2006La lunga ombra · editor
- 2006Passages · editor
- 2004Homecoming · editor
- 2004Vergessensfuge · editor
- 2004A Walk Through Waseda Garden · editor
- 2002Tanti Auguri · editor
- 1997London Brief · editor
- 1993The Bed You Sleep In · editor
- 1993Frameup · editor
- 1992All the Vermeers in New York · editor
- 1990Sure Fire · editor
- 1989Rembrandt Laughing · editor
- 1987Plain Talk and Common Sense (uncommon senses) · editor
- 1986Bell Diamond · editor
- 1983Slow Moves · editor
- 1981Stagefright · editor
- 1978Chameleon · editor
- 1977Last Chants for a Slow Dance · editor
- 1976Angel City · editor
- 1970Fall Creek · editor
Writing 26
- 2023Casa do silencio · writer
- 2019Pequenos Milagres · writer
- 2015Blue Strait · story
- 2015They Had It Coming · screenplay
- 2009San Lorenzo · screenplay
- 2006La lunga ombra · writer
- 2006Passages · writer
- 2004Homecoming · writer
- 2004Vergessensfuge · writer
- 2004A Walk Through Waseda Garden · writer
- 1994Uno a me, uno a te e uno a Raffaele · writer
- 1993The Bed You Sleep In · writer
- 1993Frameup · writer
- 1992All the Vermeers in New York · writer
- 1990Sure Fire · writer
- 1989Rembrandt Laughing · writer
- 1987Plain Talk and Common Sense (uncommon senses) · writer
- 1986Bell Diamond · writer
- 1983Slow Moves · screenplay
- 1981Stagefright · writer
- 1978Chameleon · writer
- 1977Last Chants for a Slow Dance · screenplay
- 1976Angel City · writer
- 1973Speaking Directly · writer
- 1970Fall Creek · writer
- 196813 Fragments & 3 Narratives from Life · writer
Camera 26
- 2023Deadendz · director of photography
- 2019Muri Romani II · director of photography
- 2016Wish You Were Here · additional photography
- 2015They Had It Coming · director of photography
- 2014Bowman Lake · director of photography
- 2013Coming to Terms · director of photography
- 2009San Lorenzo · camera operator
- 2006La lunga ombra · director of photography
- 2006Passages · director of photography
- 2004Homecoming · director of photography
- 2004Vergessensfuge · director of photography
- 2000Another Country · director of photography
- 1997London Brief · director of photography
- 1993The Bed You Sleep In · director of photography
- 1993Frameup · director of photography
- 1992All the Vermeers in New York · director of photography
- 1990Sure Fire · director of photography
- 1989Rembrandt Laughing · director of photography
- 1987Texas, Osijek · director of photography
- 1987Plain Talk and Common Sense (uncommon senses) · director of photography
- 1983Slow Moves · director of photography
- 1981Nightshift · director of photography
- 1981Stagefright · director of photography
- 1978Chameleon · director of photography
- 1977Last Chants for a Slow Dance · director of photography
- 1976Angel City · director of photography
Production 22
- 2018Canyon II · producer
- 2015Blue Strait · producer
- 2015They Had It Coming · producer
- 2014Bowman Lake · producer
- 2013Coming to Terms · producer
- 2009San Lorenzo · producer
- 2009Amtrak · producer
- 2006La lunga ombra · producer
- 2006Passages · producer
- 2004Homecoming · producer
- 2004Vergessensfuge · producer
- 2004A Walk Through Waseda Garden · producer
- 2002Tanti Auguri · producer
- 1992The Living End · executive producer
- 1989Rembrandt Laughing · producer
- 1987Plain Talk and Common Sense (uncommon senses) · producer
- 1986Bell Diamond · producer
- 1983Slow Moves · producer
- 1978Chameleon · producer
- 1976Angel City · producer
- 1970Fall Creek · producer
- 196813 Fragments & 3 Narratives from Life · producer
Sound 7
- 2015They Had It Coming · sound
- 2013Coming to Terms · sound editor
- 2006Passages · sound designer
- 2002Tanti Auguri · sound
- 1989Rembrandt Laughing · sound recordist
- 1983Slow Moves · original music composer
- 1977Last Chants for a Slow Dance · music
art 2
- 2015They Had It Coming · art direction
- 2013Coming to Terms · art direction
visual effects 1
- 2013Coming to Terms · visual effects