Jon Jost
May 16, 1943 · 83 years old
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 auth…
Known For
3 titles
Last Chants for a Slow Dance
A man who is dissatisfied with his family life leaves home for weeks at a time, drifting from town to town.
Stagefright
A group of actors lock themselves in the theater for a rehearsal of their next musical production, unaware that a psychopath has escaped and infiltrated among them.
Nightshift
A small hotel's night desk clerk navigates ethereal fantasies unfold during routine tasks over night shift. Time stretches as transitive space blurs reality and imagination in interconnected narratives unveiling throughout clerk's...