Place of Birth: Palo Alto, California, USA
Jon M. Chu
Jonathan Murray Chu (born November 2, 1979) is an American film director, producer, and screenwriter. He is best known as the director of 2018's Crazy Rich Asians, one of the first films by a major Hollywood studio to feature a majority cast of Asian descent in a modern setting since The Joy Luck Club in 1993, and of the film adaptation of the stage musical Wicked, consisting of Wicked (2024) and Wicked: Part Two (2025). 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), the 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. Description above from the Wikipedia article Jon M. Chu, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
| Movie | Cast | Year |
|---|---|---|
| A Night at the Academy Museum | Self | 2021 |
| Justin Bieber's Believe | Self | 2013 |
| Freaked | Giant Stuey Monster | 1993 |
| Soul of a Nation Presents: Together As One: Celebrating Asian American, Native Hawaiian and Pacific Islander Heritage | Self | 2022 |
| Justin Bieber: The New Me | 2021 | |
| Defying Gravity: The Curtain Rises on Wicked | Self | 2024 |
| Be Natural: The Untold Story of Alice Guy-Blaché | Self | 2018 |
| YouTube Live | Himself | 2008 |
| Wicked: On Set with Jon Chu | Himself | 1970 | Series | Cast | Year |
| 100 Years of Warner Bros. | Self | 2023 |
| One Perfect Shot | Self | 2022 |
| The Daily Show | Self | 1996 |
| The Late Show with Stephen Colbert | Self | 2015 |
| The Miley and Mandy Show | 2008 | |
| Variety Studio: Directors on Directors | Self | 2021 |
