Jonathan London (born December 5, 1978) is an American director, screenwriter, and producer.

Early life

London was born in

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. He is a 2001 graduate from the

University of Pennsylvania The University of Pennsylvania (also known as Penn or UPenn) is a private research university in Philadelphia. It is the fourth-oldest institution of higher education in the United States and is ranked among the highest-regarded universitie ...

and completed the graduate film program at

Columbia University Columbia University (also known as Columbia, and officially as Columbia University in the City of New York) is a private research university in New York City. Established in 1754 as King's College on the grounds of Trinity Church in Manhatt ...

in 2006. Competed in the 1990 Nintendo World Championships.

Career

London is the former host of the

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Geekdrome and currently hosts the podcast and news networ
Geekscape
In 2006, London directed the live DVD portion of

Reel Big Fish Reel Big Fish is an American ska punk band from Orange County, California. The band gained mainstream recognition in the mid-to-late 1990s during the third wave of ska with the release of the gold-certified album ''Turn the Radio Off''. Soon af ...

's ''

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''. In 2009, London became the head writer and a correspondent for the online show ''Heads Up!'' on

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. And in 2012–2013, he was the host of Pause/Play on

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. His directing credits include

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s such as "Turn Out the Light" for

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, "Exit Emergency" for

Houston Calls Houston Calls was an American rock band, based in Rockaway, New Jersey, United States. They formed in 2003 and were signed to Rushmore Records (a subsidiary of Drive-Thru Records). On June 9, 2009, they announced their official breakup.http: ...

, "Take Me Home Please" for

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, and "Come Back Home" for

Suburban Legends Suburban Legends are an American ska punk band that formed in Huntington Beach, California, in 1998 and later based themselves in nearby Santa Ana. After building a fanbase in the Orange County ska scene through their numerous regular perform ...

. He also directed ''

Gay By Dawn ''Gay By Dawn'' is a 10-minute short film written and directed by Jonathan London as his non-thesis film at Columbia University. The story revolves around four redneck hunters in the woods telling ghost stories. Soon, their stories begin to get th ...

'', a

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that won a number of film festival awards. In 2009,

Fox Television Studios The second incarnation of Touchstone Television (formerly known as Fox 21 Television Studios) was an American television production company that is a subsidiary of Disney Media Networks' Walt Disney Television owned by The Walt Disney Company. It ...

' 15 Gigs released the two short web series Singledom and When Ninjas Attack for

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, both of which London wrote and directed. 2014 saw the release of London's

Miami Vice ''Miami Vice'' is an American crime drama television series created by Anthony Yerkovich and produced by Michael Mann (director), Michael Mann for NBC. The series stars Don Johnson as James "Sonny" Crockett and Philip Michael Thomas as Ricardo ...

comic book series for

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as well as the

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premiere of Doc of the Dead on which he was a co-producer and contributing director. In 2015, London was one of 12 directors accepted to the Warner Brothers TV Directing Workshop. In 2016 and 2017, Jonathan was awarded invitations to the Stowe Screenwriting Fellowship for his feature script 'Commitment'.

Personal life

London is the older brother of

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Paul London Paul Michael London (born April 16, 1980) is an American Professional wrestling, professional wrestler and actor. He is best known for his time with WWE. After being trained at the Texas Wrestling Academy, London began competing for Ring of Hon ...

, best known for his time in the

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References

External links

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