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

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

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Poll is the one of three sons of the late film producer, Martin Poll.[1] He graduated from the University of Southern California's film school in 1981 before becoming a film editor.[2] 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.[3]

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.[3] Roach recommended that Poll take the role as director; Poll then pitched himself to the film's producers and was hired.[3] Poll co-produced Sacha Baron Cohen's 2009 mockumentary film Brüno.

Personal life

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His father is film producer Martin Poll.[2][4]

Filmography

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Editor
Year Film Director Notes
1987 Weeds John D. Hancock First collaboration with John D. Hancock
1990 Fire Birds David Green
Captain America Albert Pyun
1991 Wild Hearts Can't Be Broken Steve Miner First collaboration with Steve Miner
1992 Forever Young Second collaboration with Steve Miner
1994 Cabin Boy Adam Resnick
Camp Nowhere Jonathan Prince
1996 Dunston Checks In Ken Kwapis First collaboration with Ken Kwapis
1997 The Beautician and the Beast Second collaboration with Ken Kwapis
1998 Krippendorf's Tribe Todd Holland
1999 Austin Powers: The Spy Who Shagged Me Jay Roach First collaboration with Jay Roach
Mystery, Alaska Second collaboration with Jay Roach
2000 Meet the Parents Third collaboration with Jay Roach
2001 Monkeybone Henry Selick
2002 Death to Smoochy Danny DeVito
Austin Powers in Goldmember Jay Roach Fourth collaboration with Jay Roach
2003 Scary Movie 3 David Zucker
2004 Meet the Fockers Jay Roach Fifth collaboration with Jay Roach
2010 Dinner for Schmucks Sixth collaboration with Jay Roach
2012 The Campaign Seventh collaboration with Jay Roach
2015 Unfinished Business Ken Scott
2017 The Greatest Showman Michael Gracey
2019 Bombshell Jay Roach Eighth collaboration with Jay Roach
2022 God's Time Daniel Antebi
Father of the Bride Gary Alazraki
2023 The Color Purple Blitz Bazawule
Producer
Year Film Director Credit
2004 Meet the Fockers Jay Roach Co-producer
2005 The 40-Year-Old Virgin Judd Apatow Executive producer
2009 Brüno Larry Charles Co-producer
2010 Dinner for Schmucks Jay Roach Executive producer
2012 The Campaign
2014 Playing It Cool Justin Reardon Co-executive producer
Director
Year Film
2007 Charlie Bartlett
Editorial department
Year Film Director Role
1984 Gimme an 'F' Paul Justman Assistant editor
1993 Wayne's World 2 Stephen Surjik Additional film editor
2003 Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World Peter Weir Additional editor
2014 Muppets Most Wanted James Bobin
2016 Mike and Dave Need Wedding Dates Jake Szymanski
Keeping Up with the Joneses Greg Mottola
2017 Power Rangers Dean Israelite
2018 Uncle Drew Charles Stone III
Second unit director or assistant director
Year Film Director Role
1984 Gimme an 'F' Paul Justman Second assistant director
2004 Meet the Fockers Jay Roach Second unit director
2008 The Love Guru Marco Schnabel
2010 Dinner for Schmucks Jay Roach Second unit director
Title sequence director
Thanks
Year Film Director Role
2008 Drillbit Taylor Steven Brill The producers wish to thank
2009 Land of the Lost Brad Silberling Special thanks

TV movies

Editor
Year Film Director Notes
1988 Steal the Sky John D. Hancock Second collaboration with John D. Hancock
1996 Mistrial Heywood Gould
2020 Coastal Elites Jay Roach Ninth collaboration with Jay Roach

TV series

Editor
Year Title Notes
1991 Eerie, Indiana 3 episodes
2015 The Brink 5 episodes
2016 Angie Tribeca 1 episode
Producer
Year Title Credit
1988−89 TV 101 Co-associate producer
Co-producer
1991−92 Eerie, Indiana Co-producer
Producer
2015 The Brink Co-producer
Director
Year Title Notes
2015 The Brink 1 episode
2016 Angie Tribeca
Still the King 3 episodes

References

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  1. ^ "Martin Poll dies at 89, Producer drew Oscar nom for 'The Lion in Winter'". Variety. April 16, 2012. Retrieved April 24, 2012.
  2. ^ a b Taylor, Devon (February 2, 2008). "Jon Poll talks about Charlie Bartlett". The Campus Press. Archived from the original on March 3, 2008. Retrieved December 5, 2008.
  3. ^ a b c Philbrick, Jami (January 16, 2008). "Director Jon Poll talks "Charlie Bartlett"". Comic Book Resources. Retrieved December 5, 2008.
  4. ^ Newton, Robert (February 22, 2008). "Interview – Director Jon Poll ('Charlie Bartlett')". WorcestorMovies.com. Archived from the original on March 1, 2012. Retrieved December 5, 2008.
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