Jon Jost
Jon Jost (born May 16, 1943 in Chicago , Illinois ) is an American film director , screenwriter , cameraman and film editor . He works as an independent filmmaker.
Life
Jon Jost grew up in the US states of Georgia , Kansas and Virginia as well as in Japan , Italy and Germany . In 1963, he left college and began making 16mm films. The autodidact Jost made 20 short and 14 feature films. He made all these films in personal union as director, screenwriter, cameraman and editor. He also produced many of his works himself. Since 1996 he has been working mainly in digital video technology.
In 1965 Jost was imprisoned for 2 years and 3 months for refusing to work with the Selective Service System . After his release he was politically active. He built the Chicago division of Newsreel , a left wing manufacturing and distribution company. In 1970 he was also a board member of Canyon Coop .
In 1974 Jost made his first feature film. His subjects were broad: from essays to fiction and avant-garde; the works have often been shown in museums and at film festivals. A full retrospective of Jon Jost's work was shown by the Museum of Modern Art in New York City in 1991 . This exhibition toured the United States and was shown in Washington, DC , Boston Los Angeles , San Francisco . In Europe, the exhibition was particularly visible in Italy .
Jost's films have been bought by cinema and television companies in the UK , Germany , Italy , Portugal , Hungary , Russia and Japan .
Copies of the works are in the Museum of Modern Art , the British Film Institute , the Arsenal - Institute for Film and Video Art , the Royal Film Archive in Belgium, the Cinemateca in Portugal, the Bologna Archive ., The Instituto Luce in Rome, in the Filmoteca in Madrid, at the Yamaguta Festival in Japan and at the National Film Library of Australia . Jost enjoyed numerous memberships, including two from the German Academic Exchange Service and two from the NEA Media Production Grant .
In 1997, Jost was invited to produce a feature film for Documenta X in Kassel based on his own ideas to support the exhibition and sponsor Sony . The organizers of the Documenta could not keep their promises, so that Jost stopped working before the film was finished.
Today Jost is Professor at the Graduate School of Communication and Arts at Yonsei University in Seoul .
Awards
Jost's works have received awards at many film festivals for independent films. He was honored twice at the Berlin Film Festival : in 1991 with the Caligari Film Award for All the Vermeers in New York and in 1993 with the Ecumenical Jury Prize for The Bed You Sleep in .
Further prizes: Bronze Rosa Camuna at the film meeting in Bologna in 1988; FIPRESCI Prize at the Yamagata International Documentary Film Festival 1997; Grand Prize of the International Festival of New Films in Split 2005. At the Cinequest Film Festival in San José , Jost was honored with the Maverick Tribute Award .
Filmography (a selection)
- 1973: Speaking Directly
- 1977: Angel City
- 1980: Godard 1980
- 1981: Stagefright
- 1986: Bell Diamond
- 1987: Plain Talk and Common Sense
- 1990: All the Vermeers in New York
- 1990: Sure Fire
- 1993: Frameup - Beth-Ann and Ricky-Lee - Frameup
- 1993: The Bed You Sleep In
- 1997: London Letter
- 2000: Six Easy Pieces
- 2002: Oui non
- 2004: Forgotten joint
- 2004: Homecoming
Web links
- Jon Jost in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- Official homepage of Jon Jost
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Jost, Jon |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American film director, screenwriter, cameraman and film editor |
| DATE OF BIRTH | May 16, 1943 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Chicago , Illinois |