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Jonathan Baker has always been enthralled by smart storytelling and larger-than-life figures, taking inspiration from greats like Ernest Hemingway to guide his own sensibilities as a writer, producer, director and adventurer. Studying film in his native New York City and at USC in his undergraduate years, Jonathan Baker began his entertainment industry career as a writer, director and producer of projects such as Through Scavullo's Eyes, a Warner Bros. documentary on controversial fashion photographer Francesco Scavullo; Dorf on Golf, a sports spoof with Tim Conway; and Dirty Tennis, a comedy starring Dick Van Patten, Nicolette Sheridan and Bruce Jenner that aired on HBO and Cinemax, winning the VSDA and the New York Film Festival Award for Best Comedy Video of the Year. More recently he founded Baker Entertainment Group, a multimedia development and production company based in Hollywood.
Baker is also a successful entrepreneur who grew a start-up venture, SkinSpa, into the leading full-service day spa in the U.S. before selling that brand
in 2011. While focusing on Baker Entertainment Group and his evolving work as a film director, he remains active in the personal care field and has currently developed a new signature brand, Jonathan Baker EST 1962, which introduces its first line of many pure aromatherapy products. Jonathan's men casual clothing line is due out next.- Director
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Jonathan T. Baker (JB) is an independent filmmaker, adjunct professor, and artistic coach. His company JB Productions, Inc. has many partnerships with artists JB develops and produces. He is a member of the Producer's Guild of America.
JB worked at Sony Pictures Entertainment, first in television research, then at Screen Gems and TriStar Pictures as Marketing Manager. He marketed over forty major theatrical releases, of which ten films achieved #1 at the box-office status. He Co-Produced the documentaries Fang vs. Fiction (airing on AMC), The Real Exorcist (A & E), and Real Premonitions (A & E). Films of note include Closer (dir. Mike Nichols), Adaptation (dir. Spike Jonze), Big Fish (dir. Tim Burton), Boogeyman (#1 at the box office), Underworld (#1 at the box office), In The Cut (dir. Jane Campion), You Got Served (#1 at the box office), the Resident Evil franchise, and Exorcism of Emily Rose. While at TriStar, Lords of Dogtown (dir. Catherine Hardwicke), Oliver Twist (dir. Roman Polanski), Running with Scissors (dir. Ryan Murphy) and Silent Hill.
JB worked on Wall Street at Salomon Brothers Asset Management in Institutional Sales, and on Broadway at The Nederlander Producing Company of America where he handled development and line producing for CEO Jimmy Nederlander, Jr. He worked with acts such as Billy Joel, The Rolling Stones, Dionne Warwick, Neil Young, Paul Simon, and many others. He independently produced documentaries on Broadway stars Lea DeLaria, Geoffrey Holder, Liliane Montevecchi, and Julie Wilson.
JB is an Adjunct Professor of feature film and entertainment economics at Carnegie Mellon's Masters of Entertainment Industry Management program in the Heinz School of Public Policy and the GIOCA graduate program at the University of Bologna, Italy.
JB studied Musical Theatre at The Boston Conservatory of Music and The University of Michigan School of Music. He studied directing and acting at the University of California, Los Angeles Extension Program, from Don Richardson.- Camera and Electrical Department
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- Jonathan Stockwell Baker is known for Blast from the Past (1999), Total Security (1997) and Freshman Dorm (1992).
- Jonathan Capel-Baker is known for AFK: The Webseries (2015).
- Visual Effects
- Animation Department
Jonathan Baker is known for Ready Player One (2018), Troll (2022) and Black Panther: Wakanda Forever (2022).- Jonathan Baker is known for life with kaden. The Movie. (2023), At the End of Eight (2019) and life with kaden. (2017).
- Sound Department
- Additional Crew
Jonathan Baker is known for Milltown Pride (2011) and The Quiet Place (2011).- Jonathan Baker is known for When Day Breaks (2007).
- Jonathan Baker is known for Hello (2014).
- Art Department
Jonathan Baker is known for The Wonder (2022) and Cheap Fun (2011).- Jonathan Baker is known for Geauga Lake: Worlds Once Adventured (2016).
- Animation Department
Jonathan Baker is known for The Aethernauts (2014).- Jonathan Baker is known for Macbeth No More (2010).
- Jonathan Baker is known for I Work (2012).
- Jonathan Baker is known for Animus (2015).
- Jonathan Baker is known for Zombie Office (2009) and The Horror Vault 3 (2010).
- Director
- Producer
Jonathan Marc Baker is known for A Film About Races (2009).- Music Department
- Additional Crew