Jeremy Coon (born 1979) is an American executive producer and editor of the 2004 film ''
Napoleon Dynamite
''Napoleon Dynamite'' is a 2004 American comedy film produced by Jeremy Coon, Chris Wyatt and Sean Covel, written by Jared and Jerusha Hess and directed by Jared Hess. The film stars Jon Heder in the role of the titular character, a nerdy ...
'', a cult hit made on a $400,000 budget that has earned more than $44 million since its release.
Education
Coon attended film school at
Brigham Young University
Brigham Young University (BYU, sometimes referred to colloquially as The Y) is a private research university in Provo, Utah. It was founded in 1875 by religious leader Brigham Young and is sponsored by the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-d ...
and graduated in 1997 from
Lloyd V. Berkner High School in
Richardson, Texas
Richardson is a city in Dallas and Collin counties in the U.S. state of Texas. As of the 2020 United States census, the city had a total population of 119,469. Richardson is an inner suburb of the city of Dallas.
It is home to the University ...
.
Career
He was friends at Brigham Young with fellow film student
Jared Hess
Jared Lawrence Hess (born July 18, 1979) and Jerusha Elizabeth Hess ( Demke; born May 12, 1980) are husband-and-wife American filmmakers best known for their work on ''Napoleon Dynamite'' (2004), ''Nacho Libre'' (2006) and '' Gentlemen Broncos ...
, where he was told of Hess' nascent screenplay for ''Dynamite'' and agreed to raise the money to produce the film. On the opening day of the 2004
Sundance Film Festival, Coon sold the film to
Fox Searchlight Pictures
Searchlight Pictures, Inc. is an American film production company and a subsidiary of Walt Disney Studios, which is part of the Walt Disney Company. Founded in 1994 as Fox Searchlight Pictures, Inc. for 20th Century Fox (later 20th Century Stu ...
for $3.2 million.
After a 22-day shoot in
Preston, Idaho
Preston is a city in Franklin County, Idaho, United States. The population was 5,204 at the 2010 census. The city is the county seat of Franklin County. It is part of the Logan, Utah-Idaho Metropolitan Statistical Area.
History
The Bear Ri ...
, Coon edited the film during a nine-day cram session using Apple
Final Cut Pro
Final Cut Pro is a series of non-linear video editing software programs first developed by Macromedia Inc. and later Apple Inc. The most recent version, Final Cut Pro 10.6.4, runs on Mac computers powered by macOS Big Sur 11.5.1 or later. The ...
software for the first time. "We spent about a year assembling our crew -- 95 percent were friends from the BYU post department," he told the Apple publication ''Pro.'' "People would come by to check on me and I didn’t even know what time of day it was."
Coon co-directed ''
Raiders!: The Story of the Greatest Fan Film Ever Made'' and the upcoming ''A Disturbance in the Force'' about the making of the ''
Star Wars Holiday Special
The ''Star Wars Holiday Special'' is a 1978 American television special that originally aired on November 17, 1978, on CBS. It is set in the universe of the sci-fi-based ''Star Wars'' media franchise. Directed by Steve Binder, it was the first ...
''.
References
External links
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Apple Pro interview
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American film producers
Brigham Young University alumni
Living people
Place of birth missing (living people)
1979 births