Jon Jost
Jon JOST (1943, USA) grew up in Georgia, Japan, Italy, Germany and Virginia. After being kicked out of university, he started making 16mm films. In 1965, Jost was imprisoned for two years as a draft dodger. After his release, he became politically active as a New Left Cinema director. He has made over 60 features and short films, for most of which he also takes credit as writer, cinematographer and editor. Since 1996, Jost has filmed exclusively on digital video. He has made films in different forms, largely focusing on specific American topics. One of his most widely known films, All the Vermeers in New York (1990), won the Caligari Film Award at Berlinale.
Filmography
Portrait (1963, short), Repetition (1963, short), Sunday (1963, short), Chalma (1964, short), City (1964, short), We Didn't Go to Unique's (1965, short), Judith (1965, short), Traps (1967, short), Leah (1967, short), 13 Fragments and 3 Narratives from Life (1969, short), Primaries (1969, short), A Turning Point in Lunatic China (1969, short), 1,2,3, Four (1969, short), Susannah's Film (1969, short), Canyon (1970, short), Flower (1970, short), Canyon (1970, short), Fall Creek (1970, short), A Man Is More Than the Sum of His Parts/ A Woman Is (1971, short), Primaries/A Turning Point in Lunatic China/1,2,3, Four (1971, short), Speaking Directly (some American notes) (1973), Angel City (1976), Last Chants for a Slow Dance (Dead End) (1977), Beauty Sells Best (1978, short), Chameleon (1978), X2: Two Dances by Nancy Karp (1980), Godard 80 (1980, short), Stagefright (1981), Psalm (1982), Slow Moves (1983), Bell Diamond (1985), Plain Talk and Common Sense (Uncommon Senses) (1988), Rembrandt Laughing (1988), Sure Fire (1990), All the Vermeers in New York (1990), Frame Up (1993), The Bed You Sleep In (1993), Uno a te, uno a me, et uno a Raffaele/One for You, One for Me and One for Raphael (1994), Albrechts Flügel/Albrecht's Wings (1994), London Brief (1997), Nas correntes de luz da ria formosa (1999), Muri Romani (1999), 6 Easy Pieces (1999), Dharma Do As Dharma Does (2000, short), Vera X 3 (2000, short), Watersong #1 (2000, short), Muri romani/Roman Walls (2000), Til Edvard (2001, short), Trinity (2002, short), Chhattisgarh Sketches (2003, doc), Oui non (2003), Homecoming (2004), Passages (2006), La lunga ombra/The Long Shadow (2006), Over Here (2008), Misteri bulkehan gurimja/Love in the Shadows (2008, co-dir), Parable (2008), AMTRAK (2009, short), Rant (2009), Swimming in Nebraska (2010), Dissonance (2011), Imagens de uma cidade perdida (2011), Stand (2012, short), Dead End (2012), The Narcissus Flowers of Katsura-Shima (2012), Coming to Terms (2013), They Had It Coming (2015), Blue Strait (2015)
Jon Jost op IFFR
All the Vermeers in New York
87'
VS
IFFR 1991
Speaking Directly
110'
VS
IFFR 1992
Sure fire
83'
VS
IFFR 1992
Bell Diamond
97'
VS
IFFR 1993
Digital Paradox
90'
IFFR 1998
London Brief
91'
Groot-Brittannië
IFFR 1998
Nas correntes de luz da ria formosa
100'
Frankrijk
IFFR 1999
6 Easy Pieces
60'
Italië
IFFR 2000
Muri Romani
55'
Italië
IFFR 2000
At Sea (Harbouring Thoughts: Adrift)
18'
Nederland
IFFR 2001
Roma - un ritratto improvvisorio
57'
Italië
IFFR 2001
Songs for Clara (work in progress)
30'
Italië
IFFR 2001
Dharma Do As Dharma Does
17'
Italië
IFFR 2002
Til Edvard
6'
Italië
IFFR 2002
Trinity
35'
Italië
IFFR 2002
Vera X 3
7'
Italië
IFFR 2002
Watersong #1
15'
Italië
IFFR 2002
Oui Non
116'
Italië
IFFR 2003
Chhattisgarh Sketches
78'
India
IFFR 2004
Jost in India: Teaching and Learning
12'
IFFR 2004
Homecoming
104'
VS
IFFR 2005
La lunga ombra
77'
Italië
IFFR 2006
Passages
60'
VS
IFFR 2006
Over Here
74'
VS
IFFR 2008
Love in the Shadows
90'
Zuid-Korea
IFFR 2009
Imagens de uma cidade perdida
92'
VS
IFFR 2011
Coming to Terms
89'
VS
IFFR 2014
All the Vermeers in New York
De kunst van Vermeer opent de weg naar liefde in de kapitalistische ratrace van New York. En toch gaat het mis.
90'
VS
IFFR 2020