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.
A Movie Capital
(Self)
Made in the USA
(Self)
Chameleon
(Ranger)
Ghosts of Empire Prairie
(Burl Enright)
Nightshift
Slow Moves
(Man Behind Counter)
Mod Fuck Explosion
(Drummer)
Cinématon XVIII
(N°171)
Pequenos Milagres
(Himself)
Cruel, Usual, Necessary: The Passion of Silvio Narizzano
(Voice of Silvio Narizzano)
Primaries/ A Turning Point in Lunatic China/ 1,2,3, Four
(Director)
Arbor Fugue
(Director)
Dharma Do as Dharma Does
(Director)
The Living End
(Executive Producer)
Portrait
(Director)
Til Edvard
(Director)
A View of Mount Baker from Port Angeles, Washington
(Director)
13 Fragments & 3 Narratives from Life
(Writer)
13 Fragments & 3 Narratives from Life
(Producer)
Angel City
(Editor)
Angel City
(Director of Photography)
Angel City
(Producer)
Angel City
(Writer)
July 4, 2020
(Director)
San Lorenzo
(Director)
San Lorenzo
(Producer)
San Lorenzo
(Screenplay)
San Lorenzo
(Camera Operator)
San Lorenzo
(Editor)
A Death in Mali - Requiem for Empire
(Editor)
A Death in Mali - Requiem for Empire
(Director)
Last Chants for a Slow Dance
(Screenplay)
Last Chants for a Slow Dance
(Director)
Last Chants for a Slow Dance
(Editor)
All the Vermeers in New York
(Director)
Sure Fire
(Director)
Vera X 3
(Director)
Vera X 3
(Cinematography)
Vera X 3
(Editor)
Pequenos Milagres
(Editor)
Pequenos Milagres
(Writer)
Far from Afghanistan
(Director)
Canyon
(Director)
Tanti Auguri
(Editor)
A Walk Through Waseda Garden
(Director)
Fall Creek
(Writer)
Tanti Auguri
(Sound)
Tanti Auguri
(Producer)
Tanti Auguri
(Director)
Fall Creek
(Editor)
Mountains As Mountains, Landscape for Watanabe Shiko
(Director)
Fall Creek
(Producer)
A Walk Through Waseda Garden
(Cinematography)
Tanti Auguri
(Cinematography)
A Walk Through Waseda Garden
(Writer)
A Walk Through Waseda Garden
(Editor)
Fall Creek
(Director)
A Walk Through Waseda Garden
(Producer)
Amtrak
(Cinematography)
Amtrak
(Producer)
Amtrak
(Editor)
Amtrak
(Director)
Coming to Terms
(Editor)
Coming to Terms
(Director)
Coming to Terms
(Visual Effects)
Coming to Terms
(Sound Editor)
Coming to Terms
(Art Direction)
Coming to Terms
(Sound mixer)
Coming to Terms
(Producer)
Angel City
(Director)
The Bed You Sleep In
(Director)
The Bed You Sleep In
(Writer)
Canyon II
(Director)
Canyon II
(Editor)
Canyon II
(Cinematography)
Canyon II
(Producer)
Speaking Directly
(Director)
Speaking Directly
(Writer)
Muri Romani II
(Director)
Muri Romani II
(Director of Photography)
Muri Romani II
(Editor)
Slow Moves
(Director)
Parable
(Director)
Bell Diamond
(Director)
Rembrandt Laughing
(Director)
Rembrandt Laughing
(Writer)
Chhattisgraph Sketches
(Director)
The Narcissus Flowers of Katsura-shima
(Director)
Koch Poem
(Director)
Inside Story
(Director)
Empire's Cross
(Director)
Mitch Plays
(Director)
Uno a me, uno a te e uno a Raffaele
(Writer)
Rant
(Director)
6 Easy Pieces
(Director)
Mr. Right
(Director)
Water Song No. 2
(Director)
Funkies
(Director)
Um dia vai haver uma domingo
(Director)
City
(Director)
Godard 1980
(Director)
All the Vermeers in New York
(Writer)
Homecoming
(Writer)
Homecoming
(Editor)
Homecoming
(Director)
Homecoming
(Producer)
Casa do silencio
(Director)
Casa do silencio
(Writer)
Frameup
(Director)
Frameup
(Editor)
Frameup
(Writer)
They Had It Coming
(Screenplay)
They Had It Coming
(Editor)
They Had It Coming
(Producer)
They Had It Coming
(Director)
They Had It Coming
(Art Direction)
Wish You Were Here
(Additional Photography)
Images of a Lost City
(Director)
Homecoming
(Director of Photography)
Stagefright
(Writer)
Stagefright
(Director)
Stagefright
(Editor)
Plain Talk and Common Sense (uncommon senses)
(Producer)
Plain Talk and Common Sense (uncommon senses)
(Editor)
Plain Talk and Common Sense (uncommon senses)
(Director)
Plain Talk and Common Sense (uncommon senses)
(Writer)
Chameleon
(Writer)
Chameleon
(Editor)
Chameleon
(Producer)
Chameleon
(Director)
13 Fragments & 3 Narratives from Life
(Director)
Bowman Lake
(Director)
Bowman Lake
(Editor)
Bowman Lake
(Producer)
Bell Diamond
(Producer)
Bell Diamond
(Editor)
Bell Diamond
(Cinematography)
Deadendz
(Director of Photography)
Deadendz
(Editor)
Deadendz
(Director)
Oui Non
(Director)
DHAKA: Mirpur & Dhammondi Road
(Director)
Blue Strait
(Director)
Traps
(Director)
Bell Diamond
(Writer)
All the Vermeers in New York
(Editor)
Frameup
(Director of Photography)
Blue Strait
(Story)
All the Vermeers in New York
(Director of Photography)
They Had It Coming
(Sound)
Chameleon
(Director of Photography)
Bowman Lake
(Director of Photography)
Stagefright
(Director of Photography)
Last Chants for a Slow Dance
(Director of Photography)
They Had It Coming
(Original Music Composer)
Coming to Terms
(Director of Photography)
They Had It Coming
(Director of Photography)
Plain Talk and Common Sense (uncommon senses)
(Director of Photography)
Blue Strait
(Producer)
Tourists
(Director)
Last Chants for a Slow Dance
(Music)
Images of a Lost City
(Cinematography)
Muri Romani
(Director)
In the Rays of Light of Ria Formosa
(Director)
Wood Song
(Director)
Again & Again
(Director)
Slow Moves
(Screenplay)
Slow Moves
(Editor)
Slow Moves
(Producer)
Slow Moves
(Director of Photography)
Slow Moves
(Original Music Composer)
Vergessensfuge
(Producer)
Vergessensfuge
(Director of Photography)
Vergessensfuge
(Director)
Vergessensfuge
(Writer)
Passages
(Writer)
Passages
(Director of Photography)
Passages
(Producer)
Passages
(Director)
Passages
(Editor)
Vergessensfuge
(Editor)
Passages
(Sound Designer)
The Bed You Sleep In
(Director of Photography)
The Bed You Sleep In
(Editor)
Rembrandt Laughing
(Director of Photography)
Rembrandt Laughing
(Producer)
Rembrandt Laughing
(Editor)
Over Here
(Director)
There's Many Friends Along This Way
(Director)
La lunga ombra
(Writer)
La lunga ombra
(Director)
La lunga ombra
(Editor)
La lunga ombra
(Director of Photography)
La lunga ombra
(Producer)
London Brief
(Director of Photography)
London Brief
(Director)
London Brief
(Editor)
Trinity
(Director)
30/30 Vision: Three Decades of Strand Releasing
(Director)
Yellow Stone Canyon
(Director)
Rembrandt Laughing
(Sound Recordist)
Pequenos Milagres
(Director)
Roma - un ritratto improvvisario
(Director)
Another Country
(Director of Photography)
Sure Fire
(Director of Photography)
Sure Fire
(Writer)
Sure Fire
(Editor)
Sure Fire
(Camera Operator)
Uno a me, uno a te e uno a Raffaele
(Director)
Swimming in Nebraska
(Director)