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Aliases: Jon Chu , John M. Chu , 朱浩伟 , Джон М. Чу
Gender: Male
Place of birth: Palo Alto, California, USA
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Movie Involvements: 34
TV Involvements: 7
Most Famous Work
Biography
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.
Most Famous Work
Good Trouble
(2019) DirectorG.I. Joe: Retaliation
(2013) DirectorNow You See Me 2
(2016) DirectorCrazy Rich Asians
(2018) DirectorThe Company You Keep
(2023) ProducerHome Before Dark
(2020) Executive ProducerThe Legion of Extraordinary Dancers
(2010) CreatorStep Up Revolution
(2012) Executive ProducerActing
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