Biography

After receiving his B.A. degree in Sociology from Colorado College, Jon worked on the crew of Twin Peaks (1990) and several music videos including those of Madonna and Prince. He was accepted to NYU Graduate Film Program where he directed award-winning short Dinner with Malibu (1993) before finishing his studies at the FEMIS in Paris. He continued to direct successful short films including the series _Mésaventures d'Alfred le crapaud, Les (1997)_ (The Unfortunate Adventures of Alfred the Toad) that started his career directing commercials. He produced and directed the feature Mafia comedy Mob Queen (1998) starring Tony Sirico of The Sopranos (1999) which was sold to television in France. He directed critically acclaimed short film Le barbier (2001) starring French actor Ticky Holgado. He also worked on several successful TV series such as Under the Sun (1996) and MTV's The Real World (1991) Paris. After the success of the short film Ben and Thomas (2004), he developed the story of these two lovable skateboard fans into a feature Pee Stains and Other Disasters (2005) and a TV series Ben and Thomas (2008).
- IMDb mini biography by: Greg Philip <greg_philip@hotmail.com>