Jon M. Chu
Jon M. Chu
Jonathan Murray "Jon" Chuis an American filmmaker, best known for directing the movies Step Up 2: The Streets, Step Up 3D, Justin Bieber: Never Say Never and G.I. Joe: Retaliation. Chu is an alumnus of the University of Southern California 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 was recognized as an honoree for the IFP/West program Project: Involve...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionDirector
Date of Birth2 November 1979
CountryUnited States of America
When I'm doing something, it's something that I had a perspective on in my childhood, or now, but it may be different. I always can go back to what I love, but if somebody has a better idea, then I'm all for it.
In all my work, I try to tell great stories that people want to go to the movie theater to watch, or want to turn on, and are compelled to watch it, over and over and over again, and will make a mark when they grow up.
I'm not the most sophisticated person. I'm not the smartest person in the world. But, I know what makes me excited about life, from Spielberg movies to Michael Jackson music videos to cartoons on Saturday mornings, which made my childhood.
I don't understand why we're all connected wirelessly via a little machine that goes in our pocket, to everybody in the world, and you have to have reels for a movie.
The thing that keeps me interested is that I love stories. I love going to movies and I love watching stuff that sparks ideas in my brain.
Each dancer has a different dialect that they speak.
Everyone who shoots dance sequences does it in a different way. Everyone who shoots fight sequences does it in a different way.
I like to dance, but I'm not a dancer.
You're never going to satisfy everybody.
I love 'Dr Strangelove.
I love 3-D, and for certain movies it can be really great, and for certain movies it can be poison.
I loved 'The Social Network.' I think it's one of those movies that will stand the test of time.
I never knew Steve Jobs. I met him once, but I never knew him. But growing up in the Silicon Valley, he was the hero. He was the guy.
Once you see dance as a weapon - and everyone has a different weapon - it makes dance really interesting.