Jon Poll

Jon Poll
Born1958 (age 65–66)
Alma materUniversity of Southern California
Occupation(s)Director, editor, producer
Years active1982–present
Parent

Jon Poll (born 1958) is an American film director, editor and producer, best known for his directorial debut with the 2007 film Charlie Bartlett.

Career

Poll is the one of three sons of the late film producer, Martin Poll. He graduated from the University of Southern California's film school in 1981 before becoming a film editor. Between 1982 and 2004, he edited eighteen films, including Weeds (1987), Fire Birds (1990), Cabin Boy (1994), Austin Powers: The Spy Who Shagged Me (1999), Meet the Parents (2000), Austin Powers in Goldmember (2002), Scary Movie 3 (2003) and Meet the Fockers (2004). He was also a co-producer on the television series TV 101, Eerie, Indiana and the film Meet the Fockers, and was an executive producer on The 40-Year-Old Virgin.

Poll made his directorial debut in 2007 with the teen comedy film Charlie Bartlett. He read screenwriter Gustin Nash's film adaptation of C. D. Payne's 1993 novel Youth in Revolt and asked director Jay Roach—with whom he had previously worked on five films—if he had heard of Nash. Roach explained that he had been slated to direct another of Nash's screenplays, Charlie Bartlett, but was forced to back out of the job on the same day. Roach recommended that Poll take the role as director; Poll then pitched himself to the film's producers and was hired. Poll co-produced Sacha Baron Cohen's 2009 mockumentary film Brüno.

Personal life

His father is film producer Martin Poll.


Filmography

He was producer for all films unless otherwise noted.

Film

Year Film Credit
2004 Meet the Fockers Co-producer
2005 The 40-Year-Old Virgin Executive producer
2009 Brüno Co-producer
2010 Dinner for Schmucks Executive producer
2012 The Campaign Executive producer
2014 Playing It Cool Co-executive producer
As editor
Year Film
1987 Weeds
1990 Fire Birds
Captain America
1991 Wild Hearts Can't Be Broken
1992 Forever Young
1994 Cabin Boy
Camp Nowhere
1996 Dunston Checks In
1997 The Beautician and the Beast
1998 Krippendorf's Tribe
1999 Austin Powers: The Spy Who Shagged Me
Mystery, Alaska
2000 Meet the Parents
2001 Monkeybone
2002 Death to Smoochy
Austin Powers in Goldmember
2003 Scary Movie 3
2004 Meet the Fockers
2010 Dinner for Schmucks
2012 The Campaign
2015 Unfinished Business
2017 The Greatest Showman
2019 Bombshell
2022 Father of the Bride
2023 The Color Purple
As director
Year Film
2007 Charlie Bartlett
Editorial department
Year Film Role
1984 Gimme an 'F' Assistant editor
1993 Wayne's World 2 Additional film editor
2003 Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World Additional editor
2014 Muppets Most Wanted
2016 Mike and Dave Need Wedding Dates
Keeping Up with the Joneses
2017 Power Rangers
2018 Uncle Drew
Second unit director or assistant director
Year Film Role
1984 Gimme an 'F' Second assistant director
2004 Meet the Fockers Second unit director
2008 The Love Guru
2010 Dinner for Schmucks Second unit director
Title sequence director
Thanks
Year Film Role
2008 Drillbit Taylor The producers wish to thank
2009 Land of the Lost Special thanks

Television

Year Title Credit
1988−89 TV 101 Co-associate producer
Co-producer
1991−92 Eerie, Indiana Co-producer
2015 The Brink Co-producer
As editor
Year Title Notes
1988 Steal the Sky Television film
1991 Eerie, Indiana
1996 Mistrial Television film
2015 The Brink
2016 Angie Tribeca
2020 Coastal Elites Television film
As director
Year Title
2015 The Brink
2016 Angie Tribeca
Still the King

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