Jonathan Murray Chu (born November 2, 1979) [3] is an American film director, producer, and screenwriter. He is known for directing the romantic comedy Crazy Rich Asians (2018) and the musical fantasy Wicked (2024), the former being one of the first films by a major Hollywood studio to feature a majority cast of Asian descent. [ 4 ]

Jan 29, 2025 · Jon M. Chu (born November 2, 1979, Palo Alto, California, U.S.) is an American director, producer, and writer. He directed the popular romantic comedy Crazy Rich Asians (2018) and the musical drama In the Heights (2021).

4 days ago · Jon M. Chu, who directed the wildly successful film adaptation of the Broadway musical Wicked, has, well... an impossible dream this awards season. After winning the award for best director at the ...

Jon M. Chu. Director: Wicked. Jon is an alumni of the USC 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 recognized as an honoree for the IFP/West program Project: Involve.

13 hours ago · For a few months now, Jon M. Chu has been celebrating his first Wicked film while doing postproduction on its highly anticipated follow-up, Wicked: For Good.On a brisk Monday evening in Los ...

4 days ago · Recently scoring his second Oscar nomination for his work on the film, directed by Jon M. Chu, he came to the project after working on feature musicals ranging from Hedwig and the Angry Inch and ...

Jul 23, 2024 · Jon M. Chu's memoir 'Viewfinder' features behind-the-scenes celebrity recollections, with appearances by Miley Cyrus, Justin Bieber and others.

Dec 3, 2024 · Jon M. Chu spoke with CNN’s John Berman Tuesday about his hit movie musical, which stars Ariana Grande and Cynthia Erivo. “There has to be a reason why a movie is made, an urgency, and I...

Jon M. Chu. Director: Wicked. Jon is an alumni of the USC 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 recognized as an honoree for the IFP/West program Project: Involve.

Jul 22, 2024 · In an excerpt from his new memoir, the director of Crazy Rich Asians and Wicked remembers the shock and awe. Jon M. Chu on the set of Crazy Rich Asians with Michelle Yeoh and Henry Golding. Sanja...