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FILM DIRECTOR

Jon M. Chu

1979 - Today

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Jonathan Murray Chu (born November 2, 1979) is an American film director, producer, and screenwriter. He is best known as the director of 2018's Crazy Rich Asians, the first film by a major Hollywood studio to feature a majority cast of Asian descent in a modern setting since The Joy Luck Club in 1993. The films that he has directed often include musical elements, including the dance films Step Up 2: The Streets (2008) and Step Up 3D (2010), musicals Jem and the Holograms (2015) and In the Heights (2021), and the live concert films Justin Bieber: Never Say Never (2011) and Justin Bieber's Believe (2013). Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Jon M. Chu has received more than 2,279,190 page views. His biography is available in 22 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 19 in 2019). Jon M. Chu is the 1,743rd most popular film director (down from 1,546th in 2019), the 14,634th most popular biography from United States (down from 13,884th in 2019) and the 543rd most popular American Film Director.

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  • 22

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  • 2.35

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  • 3.73

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among FILM DIRECTORS

Among film directors, Jon M. Chu ranks 1,743 out of 1,581. Before him are Lesli Linka Glatter, Karyn Kusama, Michelle MacLaren, Derek Cianfrance, Evan Goldberg, and Rituparno Ghosh. After him are David DeCoteau, Jonathan Liebesman, Byambasuren Davaa, Ram Gopal Varma, Ben Wheatley, and Travis Knight.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1979, Jon M. Chu ranks 606. Before him are Desi Slava, Keisuke Tsuboi, Richard Dunne, Raio Piiroja, Walter Ayoví, and Pedro Mendes. After him are Ivan Bošnjak, Karen David, Jaimee Foxworth, Axel Teichmann, Carly Colón, and Grzegorz Rasiak.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Jon M. Chu ranks 14,634 out of 18,182. Before him are Laura Bailey (1981), Blanche Bruce (1841), Steve Sampson (1957), Sheila Jackson Lee (1950), Barry E. Wilmore (1962), and Jason London (1972). After him are Adam Schlesinger (1967), Jim Doyle (1945), Pendleton Ward (1982), Irene Bedard (1967), Janina Gavankar (1980), and Robert Rusler (1965).

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Among FILM DIRECTORS In United States

Among film directors born in United States, Jon M. Chu ranks 543. Before him are Miranda July (1974), Ryan Coogler (1986), Jenji Kohan (1969), Lesli Linka Glatter (1953), Karyn Kusama (1968), and Derek Cianfrance (1974). After him are David DeCoteau (1962), Travis Knight (1973), Lee Isaac Chung (1978), Adam Wingard (1982), Jeff Wadlow (1976), and Mark Dindal (1960).

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