Jordan Charles Vogt-Roberts (born September 22, 1984) is an American film director, film producer, screenwriter, and television director. His feature directorial debut, ''

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'', screened at the 2013

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. The film also won the Narrative Feature Audience Award at the 2013

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. In 2017, Vogt-Roberts directed the

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film '' Kong: Skull Island''.

Career

Jordan Vogt-Roberts first directorial credit is a 2007 documentary, Twit: Robert Buscemi, Live at the Subterranean. Vogt-Roberts continued his career producing and directing episodes of two web series, ''Memoirs of a Manchild'' (2009-2010) and ''Book Club'' (2009-2013), and directing most episodes of the web series ''Single Dads'' (2009-2011). After turning an episode of ''Memoirs of a Manchild'' into the short film ''Mint in a Box'' (2009), in 2010, he wrote and directed the short film ''Successful Alcoholics.'' The film screened at the

, the

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Film Festival, the

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and 30 other film festivals. Vogt-Roberts went on to direct

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's '' Mash Up,'' as well as episodes of ''

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',''

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's ''

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'' ''and FX's

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''. Vogt-Roberts's feature film debut, ''

'', was screened at the

and the

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, and won the Narrative Feature Audience Award at the 2013

. He went on to direct '' Kong: Skull Island'' in 2017, which grossed over $565 million at the global box office. Vogt-Roberts is directing a film based on the ''

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'' series for

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. In interviews, Vogt-Roberts repeatedly expressed his passion for

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s, and recounted his meeting with Metal Gear creator

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to discuss the making of the film. In ''Kong: Skull Island'', a boat bears the name ''Gray Fox'' as an homage to the character of the same name. As of Spring 2022, he was still attached to the project, though there was still no publicly available timeline. Vogt-Roberts was to direct the pilot of '' The Walking Dead: World Beyond'', but was replaced with Magnus Martens, who previously directed for '' Fear the Walking Dead''. The change in directors was a result of the production going in a different direction; Vogt-Roberts still contributed to the first episode, however. In 2018, it was announced that Vogt-Roberts would direct a miniseries adaptation of the 2014 book ''

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'', with

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and

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executive producing the series and

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distributing it. In 2021, it was announced that Vogt-Roberts would direct a live action adaptation of ''

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'', from a screenplay by

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. The film will be produced by

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and distributed by

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Sexual harassment allegation

In 2017, pornographic actress and director

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accused Vogt-Roberts of kissing her without her consent at a drinks date he set up with her in 2010, a few months after they wrapped work on '' Mash Up''.

Personal life

He is

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. Vogt-Roberts was born in the

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and grew up in the Greater Detroit area. He moved to Arizona at 14 but went back to

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his senior year to graduate with his hometown friends. He graduated from

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in 2003 and later

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in 2006. On September 11, 2017, Vogt-Roberts was brutally attacked while living in

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. After investigating the case with '' GQ'' journalist Max Marshall, Vogt-Roberts identified his attackers and one of the assailants was eventually arrested in India.

Filmography

Films

* ''

'' (2013) * '' Nick Offerman: American Ham'' (2014) (Stand-up documentary) * '' Kong: Skull Island'' (2017)

Television

Video games

Commercials

*''

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'' (2017) *''

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'' (2018) *''

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'' (2020)

References

External links

Jordan Vogt-Roberts official website
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