Jonathan Mostow Filmography

Occupation:: Director, Executive Producer, Screen Story, Screenwriter
Biography:: A well-read screenwriter/director with a strong hand for creating tense, nail-biting suspense,Jonathan Mostow's personal habits may serve as a humorous contrast to the keyed-up energy that he brings to the screen. A self-described "excellent procrastinator" with a healthy nocturnal creative...Read More

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Escape From New York

Crew: Director, Screenwriter

Synopsis: The eyepatch-wearing antihero originated by Kurt Russell is resurrected in this reimagining of the 1981 John Carpenter classic, adapted by Black Hawk Down's screenwriter Ken Nolan and writer/director Jonathan Mostow. ~ Jason Buchanan, All Movie Guide Read More

1/1/10
Sub-Mariner

Crew: Director, Screenwriter

Synopsis: One of Marvel Comics' oldest superheroes comes to the screen under the lens of Terminator 3 director Jonathan Mostow in this tale of a half-man/half-amphibian from Atlantis who becomes caught in a brewing battle between the underwater kingdom and the surface realm. A powerful antihero who Read More

1/1/09
The Surrogates

Crew: Director

Actors: Bruce Willis

Synopsis: The filmmaking trio behind the hit sci-fi sequel Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines re-team to explore a future in which humans live in isolation while only communicating with their fellow man through robots that serve as social surrogates and are better-looking versions of their human Read More

1/1/09
Hancock

Crew: Executive Producer

Actors: Will Smith, Charlize Theron, Jason Bateman, Eddie Marsan, Johnny Galecki

Synopsis: A hard-drinking lush finds himself thrust into superhero mode in director Peter Berg's unconventional look at the private life of a crime-fighter. Will Smith stars as the embittered do-gooder whose lifestyle is more akin to a rock star than a role model, and who has grown as disillusioned with his Read More

7/2/08
Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines

Crew: Director

Actors: Arnold Schwarzenegger, Nick Stahl, Claire Danes, Kristanna Loken

Synopsis: The second sequel to the 1984 sci-fi action classic, Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines is the first film without the involvement of director James Cameron. Instead, Jonathan Mostow, the man behind Breakdown and U-571, has stepped in to fill the shoes left vacant by Cameron. In addition, the role Read More

7/2/03
U-571

Crew: Director, Screen Story, Screenwriter

Actors: Matthew McConaughey, Bill Paxton, Harvey Keitel, Jon Bon Jovi, Jake Weber

Synopsis: In this World War II action thriller, American reconnaissance agents learn that a German submarine is sinking. The doomed ship carries an Enigma Machine, a special coding device that allows high-level Axis forces to send messages that can't be read without a similar encryption mechanism. Obtaining Read More

4/21/00
From the Earth to the Moon, Part 12: Le Voyage Dans la Lune

Crew: Director

Synopsis: President John F. Kennedy issued the challenge to America in a speech to Congress in 1961: Land a man on the moon within the decade. This HBO mini-series, produced and narrated by Tom Hanks, chronicles the story of NASA's efforts to carry out the vision. Episode 12 examines life imitating art Read More

1998
Breakdown

Crew: Director, Screen Story, Screenwriter

Actors: Kurt Russell, J.T. Walsh, Kathleen Quinlan, M.C. Gainey, Jack Noseworthy

Synopsis: In this suspense thriller, a man discovers the unexpected danger of trusting a good Samaritan. Jeff Taylor (Kurt Russell) and his wife Amy (Kathleen Quinlan) are driving through the New Mexico desert en route to California when an incident with a lunatic driver causes their jeep to break down in Read More

1997
The Game

Crew: Executive Producer

Actors: Michael Douglas, Sean Penn, Deborah Kara Unger, James Rebhorn, Peter Donat

Synopsis: Director David Fincher followed the success of his dark and atmospheric crime thriller Seven (1995) with another exercise in stylish film noir, this time lifting the pallid atmosphere a notch to indulge in a fast-paced trip through the cinematic funhouse. Michael Douglas plays Nicholas Van Orton Read More

1997
Directors on Directors: An Interview By Jonathan Mostow with

Crew: Director

1997
Flight of Black Angel

Crew: Director

Actors: Peter Strauss, William O'Leary

Synopsis: From time to time, U.S. fighter pilots have been known to develop a messianic complex. Trainee Eddie Gordon (William O'Leary) goes a bit farther than that: he begins fantasizing that he's the Angel of Death. Armed with nuclear weaponry, Gordon flies toward Las Vegas, intending to bomb "sin city" Read More

1991
Beverly Hills Bodysnatchers

Crew: Director

Actors: Vic Tayback, Frank Gorshin, Art Metrano, Rodney Eastman, Warren Selko

Synopsis: This dreadfully unfunny horror-comedy is notable only for fans of Vic Tayback (Mel from TV's Alice), here in his final role as a goofy mortician who teams up with an even-goofier mad scientist (Frank Gorshin, doing a Boris Karloff impression for the length of the film) to concoct a method of Read More

1989