Portrait of Jon Jost

Directing

Jon Jost

Career

Active from 1963 to 2024, busiest in 2021 with 43 main titles.

Average score
GoodWatch score68/100
Highest rated
Poster for All the Vermeers in New York
All the Vermeers in New York
GoodWatch score79/100

What stands out

Compared with the average well-known movie, over 4 of their titles. Select a trait to filter titles.

Energy: 3.7 versus catalog average 4.6EnergyHeart: 3.8 versus catalog average 4.2HeartHumor: 3.1 versus catalog average 2.6HumorWorld: 5.7 versus catalog average 5.6WorldCraft: 5.7 versus catalog average 5.3CraftStyle: 5.3 versus catalog average 5.9Style
Jon Jost Catalog average

Rarely in their work

  • Coming of Age
    0.3, average 3.0
  • Wonder
    1.8, average 3.4
  • Tech & Humanity
    0.3, average 1.6
  • Politics
    1.4, average 2.6

Main genres

Select a genre to see those titles.

Recurring tags

  • Social Commentary 9
  • Avant-Garde 7
  • Contemplative 5
  • Character Study 5
  • Slow Cinema 5
  • Character-Driven 4
  • Visual Poetry 4
  • Experimental Cinema 4
  • Meditative 3
  • Melancholic Mood 2
  • Experimental Documentary 2
  • Non-Narrative 2

Works often with

People in at least two of their main titles.

Movies and TV shows

193
Type
Role
Score
Decade
Genre
Group by

Upcoming

16 titles
Vera X 3
Vera X 3

Cinematography, Director

Punta Secca
Punta Secca

Director

Rabeahe
Rabeahe

Director

STARBOARD
STARBOARD

Director

Red Psalm
Red Psalm

Director

Street Life
Street Life

Director

Red Frame
Red Frame

Director

Koch Poem
Koch Poem

Director

SWANTON ROAD
SWANTON ROAD

Director

Um dia vai haver uma domingo
Um dia vai haver uma domingo

Director

PROVA
PROVA

Director

Mitch Plays
Mitch Plays

Director

2020s

80 titles
Cruel, Usual, Necessary: The Passion of Silvio Narizzano
Cruel, Usual, Necessary: The Passion of Silvio Narizzano (2024)

as Voice of Silvio Narizzano

Walkerville
Walkerville (2024)

Director

Deadendz
Deadendz (2023)

Director, Editor

UGIA SONG POEM
UGIA SONG POEM (2023)

Director

Casa do silencio
Casa do silencio (2023)

Director, Writer

OCULUS
OCULUS (2021)

Director

SERFS UP
SERFS UP (2021)

Director

WALK IN THE PARK
WALK IN THE PARK (2021)

Director

TAI CHI
TAI CHI (2021)

Director

July 4, 2020
July 4, 2020 (2020)

Director

HOUSES
HOUSES (2020)

Director

#9
#9 (2020)

Director

2010s

46 titles
30/30 Vision: Three Decades of Strand Releasing
30/30 Vision: Three Decades of Strand Releasing (2019)

Director

Yellow Stone Canyon
Yellow Stone Canyon (2019)

Director

Pequenos Milagres
Pequenos Milagres (2019)

Editor, Director

There's Many Friends Along This Way
There's Many Friends Along This Way (2018)

Director

A Death in Mali - Requiem for Empire
A Death in Mali - Requiem for Empire (2018)

Director, Editor

Mountains As Mountains, Landscape for Watanabe Shiko
Mountains As Mountains, Landscape for Watanabe Shiko (2017)

Director

They Had It Coming
They Had It Coming (2015)

Screenplay, Editor

Blue Strait
Blue Strait (2015)

Story, Producer

Ghosts of Empire Prairie
Ghosts of Empire Prairie (2014)

as Burl Enright

Bowman Lake
Bowman Lake (2014)

Director of Photography, Editor

Coming to Terms
Coming to Terms (2013)

Editor, Art Direction

Far from Afghanistan
Far from Afghanistan (2012)

Director

2000s

21 titles
San Lorenzo
San Lorenzo (2009)

Producer, Director

Parable
Parable (2008)

Director

Over Here
Over Here (2007)

Director

La lunga ombra
La lunga ombra (2006)

Director of Photography, Editor

Homecoming
Homecoming (2004)

Writer, Director of Photography

Vergessensfuge
Vergessensfuge (2004)

Director, Producer

A Walk Through Waseda Garden
A Walk Through Waseda Garden (2004)

Editor, Director

Oui Non
Oui Non (2002)

Director

Til Edvard
Til Edvard (2002)

Director

Another Country
Another Country (2000)

Director of Photography

6 Easy Pieces
6 Easy Pieces (2000)

Director

Muri Romani
Muri Romani (2000)

Director

1990s

9 titles · average score 67
In the Rays of Light of Ria Formosa
In the Rays of Light of Ria Formosa (1999)

Director

London Brief
London Brief (1997)

Director, Editor

Uno a me, uno a te e uno a Raffaele
Uno a me, uno a te e uno a Raffaele (1994)

Director, Writer

Mod Fuck Explosion
Mod Fuck Explosion (1994)
GoodWatch score 64

as Drummer

The Bed You Sleep In
The Bed You Sleep In (1993)
GoodWatch score 72

Director, Director of Photography

Frameup
Frameup (1993)
GoodWatch score 66

Director, Director of Photography

All the Vermeers in New York
All the Vermeers in New York (1992)
GoodWatch score 79

Writer, Director of Photography

The Living End
The Living End (1992)
GoodWatch score 58

Executive Producer

Sure Fire
Sure Fire (1990)
GoodWatch score 66

Writer, Editor

1980s

9 titles · average score 66
Rembrandt Laughing
Rembrandt Laughing (1989)

Producer, Sound Recordist

Plain Talk and Common Sense (uncommon senses)
Plain Talk and Common Sense (uncommon senses) (1987)

Editor, Director

Texas, Osijek
Texas, Osijek (1987)

Director of Photography

Bell Diamond
Bell Diamond (1986)

Director, Producer

Slow Moves
Slow Moves (1983)

as Man Behind Counter

Cinématon XVIII
Cinématon XVIII (1982)

as N°171

Nightshift
Nightshift (1981)
GoodWatch score 66

Director of Photography

Stagefright
Stagefright (1981)

Editor, Director

Godard 1980
Godard 1980 (1980)

Director

1970s

7 titles · average score 61
Chameleon
Chameleon (1978)

as Ranger

Last Chants for a Slow Dance
Last Chants for a Slow Dance (1977)
GoodWatch score 61

Director of Photography, Music

Angel City
Angel City (1976)

Editor, Director of Photography

Speaking Directly
Speaking Directly (1973)

Writer, Director

Primaries/ A Turning Point in Lunatic China/ 1,2,3, Four
Primaries/ A Turning Point in Lunatic China/ 1,2,3, Four (1971)

Director

Canyon
Canyon (1970)

Director

Fall Creek
Fall Creek (1970)

Director, Writer

1960s

5 titles
13 Fragments & 3 Narratives from Life
13 Fragments & 3 Narratives from Life (1968)

Director, Writer

Country
Country (1968)

as Man

Traps
Traps (1967)

Director

City
City (1964)

Director

Portrait
Portrait (1963)

Director