Jon M. Chu
Jon M. Chu
Jonathan Murray "Jon" Chuis an American filmmaker, best known for directing the movies Step Up 2: The Streets, Step Up 3D, Justin Bieber: Never Say Never and G.I. Joe: Retaliation. Chu is an alumnus of the University of Southern California School of Cinema-Television. There, he won the Princess Grace Award, the Dore Schary Award presented by the Anti-Defamation League, the Jack Nicholson directing award, and was recognized as an honoree for the IFP/West program Project: Involve...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionDirector
Date of Birth2 November 1979
CountryUnited States of America
I don't understand why we're all connected wirelessly via a little machine that goes in our pocket, to everybody in the world, and you have to have reels for a movie.
The thing that keeps me interested is that I love stories. I love going to movies and I love watching stuff that sparks ideas in my brain.
Each dancer has a different dialect that they speak.
Everyone who shoots dance sequences does it in a different way. Everyone who shoots fight sequences does it in a different way.
I like to dance, but I'm not a dancer.
You're never going to satisfy everybody.
I love 'Dr Strangelove.
I love 3-D, and for certain movies it can be really great, and for certain movies it can be poison.
I loved 'The Social Network.' I think it's one of those movies that will stand the test of time.
I never knew Steve Jobs. I met him once, but I never knew him. But growing up in the Silicon Valley, he was the hero. He was the guy.
Once you see dance as a weapon - and everyone has a different weapon - it makes dance really interesting.
I took tap classes growing up.
I just feel so lucky to tell stories and make up stories and share them with people.
I love the process of working with people and having things going on, all the time, and just trying to trust your instincts.