Jon M. Chu

Jon M. Chu
Chu in March 2013
Born
Jonathan Murray Chu

(1979-11-02) November 2, 1979 (age 44)
Alma materUniversity of Southern California (BFA)
Occupations
  • Film director
  • film producer
  • screenwriter
Years active2001–present
Spouse
Kristin Hodge
(m. 2018)
Children2

Jonathan Murray Chu (born November 2, 1979)[1] is an American film director, producer, and screenwriter. He is best known as the director of 2018's Crazy Rich Asians, the first film by a major Hollywood studio to feature a majority cast of Asian descent in a modern setting since The Joy Luck Club in 1993.[2]

The films that he has directed often include musical elements, including the dance films Step Up 2: The Streets (2008) and Step Up 3D (2010), musicals Jem and the Holograms (2015) and In the Heights (2021), and the live concert films Justin Bieber: Never Say Never (2011) and Justin Bieber's Believe (2013). Chu is an alumnus of the USC School of Cinematic Arts.

  1. ^ Chu, Jon M. [@jonmchu] (2014-11-02). "Please dont wish me a happy 35th birthday today! Just help me reach my goal by..." (Tweet). Archived from the original on April 23, 2020. Retrieved 2020-04-22 – via Twitter.
  2. ^ Ho, Karen K. (August 15, 2018). "'Crazy Rich Asians' Is Going to Change Hollywood. It's About Time". Time. Retrieved 2020-05-05.

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