Jon M. Chu
Jonathan Murray Chu (born November 2, 1979) is an American film director, producer, and screenwriter. He is known for directing the romantic comedy "Crazy Rich Asians" (2018) and the musical fantasy "Wicked" (2024), the former being one of the first films by a major Hollywood studio to feature a majority cast of Asian descent. For his direction for "Wicked," Chu won the National Board of Review Award for Best Director and Critics’ Choice Award for Best Director. An alumnus of the USC School of Cinematic Arts, other films he has directed often include musical elements, including the dance films "Step Up 2: The Streets" (2008) and "Step Up 3D" (2010), the musicals "Jem and the Holograms" (2015) and "In the Heights" (2021), as well as the live concert films "Justin Bieber: Never Say Never" (2011) and "Justin Bieber's Believe" (2013). Description above from the Wikipedia article Jon M. Chu, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
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- 2024 · Making Wicked as
- 2024 · Defying Gravity: The Curtain Rises on Wicked as Self
- 2023 · 100 Years of Warner Bros. as Self
- 2022 · Soul of a Nation Presents: Together As One: Celebrating Asian American, Native Hawaiian and Pacific Islander Heritage as Self
- 2022 · One Perfect Shot as Self
- 2021 · Justin Bieber: The New Me as
- 2021 · A Night at the Academy Museum as Self
- 2021 · Variety Studio: Directors on Directors as Self
- 2018 · Be Natural: The Untold Story of Alice Guy-Blaché as Self
- 2015 · The Late Show with Stephen Colbert as Self
- 2013 · Justin Bieber's Believe as Self
- 2008 · YouTube Live as Himself
- 2008 · The Miley and Mandy Show as
- 1996 · The Daily Show as Self
- 1993 · Freaked as Giant Stuey Monster