Jon Watts is a director with humble beginnies but shoot through the stratosphere with directing Spider-Man: Homecoming!
So let’s dive into some trivia and facts about the director!
- Jon Watts was born in June 28, 1981
- he is an American film director, producer, and screenwriter
- He is most well known for directing and co-writing the Marvel Cinematic Universe superhero film Spider-Man: Homecoming and its sequel Spider-Man: Far From Home
- He also directed and co-wrote the horror film Clown
- And the thriller film Cop Car
- In television, Watts directed numerous episodes of the parody news series Onion News Network
- Jon Watts was born and raised in Fountain, Colorado
- He studied film at New York University
- Before directing movies, Watts directed commercials for production company Park Pictures
- He is married to former talent agent and producer Dianne McGunigle
- Jon Watts’ film career started with the short Clay Pride: Being Clay in America
- A claymation film, it is a satire of films about gay issues
- With the main character, Steve Thompson, coming out as “clay”
- Over the next decade, Watts would continue to work in short films
- As well as directing several music videos for various artists
- Including Fatboy Slim, Death Cab for Cutie, and TV on the Radio
- Jon Watts’ feature directorial debut was the 2014 horror film, Clown
- Watts and his friends had made a fake trailer for a film about a father turning into a killer clown after trying on an old costume he finds in his basement
- After uploading the trailer to YouTube, Watts was approached by Eli Roth with an offer to produce a feature version
- Watts’ next film was the 2015 thriller, Cop Car
- The film is about two young boys who steal an abandoned police car and are pursued by its murderous owner, a Sheriff played by Kevin Bacon
- In an interview, jon Watts revealed that the idea for the film came from a dream he had when he was a child
- Watts then directed Spider-Man: Homecoming
- Watts was so determined to be the director of the film that he admitted that he had “bothered” Marvel by sending them clips of a fake trailer he made for a Spider-Man movie
- He admits that he was very surprised and didn’t know he was going to get the job until the last moment
- Watts directed the sequel, Spider-Man: Far From Home
- After star Tom Holland insisted “we can’t do another Spider-Man movie without Jon Watts”
- Jon Watts reportedly became increasingly devoted to the franchise
- Even starting his own extensive collection of rare spiders
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