Director

Jon Knautz

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Directed movies: 5Directed series: 0All crew credits: 7

TMDB ID: 80006

IMDb ID: nm1394062

Known for: Directing

Born: December 25, 1979

Age: 46

Place of birth: Ottawa, Ontario, Canada

Gender: Male

Adult content flag: No

Career span: 2005 - 2018

Years active: 14

Average TMDB rating: 5.76

Wikidata: Q3809865

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Biography

Jon Knautz, born on December 25, 1979, in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada, is a Canadian film director and screenwriter known for his work in the horror genre. He began developing his filmmaking craft in high school and later completed the Film Foundation program at the Vancouver Film School. His first short film, Apt. 310 (2002), played at eleven film festivals and garnered two awards for Best Short Film. In 2004, he received a grant from the Ontario Arts Council to direct the short film The Other Celia. He followed this with the critically acclaimed short film Still Life (2005), for which he was awarded Best Director at the Malibu Film Festival in 2006. Knautz's feature films include Jack Brooks: Monster Slayer (2007), The Shrine (2010), and Goddess of Love (2015).

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