After studying as a musician, Jon began his career as a lowly tape op at London post facility SVC. His mixture of creative & technical talent was spotted early, and his rise though the ranks of the emerging digital editing and post-production scene was meteoric. His pioneering work with digital editing earned him a host of Best Editor awards for work with Nike and The Guardian. He left full time editing in 1995 to concentrate on the then emergent Flame system. Cutting edge on-line and Flame work on projects such as Dunlop 'The Unexpected' and Orange 'Bar Chase' earned him numerous awards as a visual effects artist.
Jon is alone in having earned the distinction of being both Best Editor & Best Flame Artist in both Campaign & Televisual magazines. He has also won numerous awards for animated typography, working extensively with design collective Tomato. After spells as both head of editing and head of visual effects at The Mill, Jon founded the hugely successful visual effects company Smoke & Mirrors, before leaving with Tom Sparks to set up the post-production boutique Play. Jon began directing full time in 1999, and has directed award-winning commercials for Schweppes, Sony Playstation and more. Recent credits include work for Nike, ITV Sport, Philips, Carlsberg, and the COI. Jon’s feature film credits include post-production work on title sequences for the James Bond film 'Tomorrow Never Dies', 'The Jackal' and 'The Hitchhikers Guide To The Galaxy'. He also was Second Unit Director & Visual Effects Supervisor on the Hammer & Tongs latest film, 'Son of Rambow'. He maintains a state-of-the-art Flame suite at Nice Shirt Films, where he still undertakes his own post work, as well as assiting other Nice Shirt directors on a wide range of projects....

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