Jonathan A Levine is an American film director and screenwriter.
12 Facts About Jonathan Levine
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Jonathan Levine attended St Bernard's School, in Manhattan, and Phillips Academy, in Andover, Massachusetts.
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Jonathan Levine received his bachelor's degree from Brown University, where he majored in Art Semiotics.
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Jonathan Levine earned his Masters of Fine Arts in Film Directing from the American Film Institute, in Los Angeles, at its AFI Conservatory.
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Jonathan Levine was the assistant to film director Paul Schrader prior to his own directorial career taking-off.
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Jonathan Levine wrote and directed a documentary short entitled Love Bytes, where he sets out on a cross country roadtrip to find love in major cities with the assistance of a laptop and an Audi A3.
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In 2013, Jonathan Levine directed Warm Bodies, based on the novel by Isaac Marion.
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In 2014, Jonathan Levine directed the pilot episode of the TV series he created with Gina Matthews and Grant Scharbo, Rush, for the USA Network.
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Jonathan Levine filmed a pilot for a Showtime comedy series created by executive producer Jim Carrey titled I'm Dying Up Here, based in part on the 2010 non-fiction book of the same name by William Knoedelseder about the stand-up comedy scene in LA during the 1970s.
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Jonathan Levine wrote the screenplay for the short film The Weight, directed by Nicholas Jarecki.
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Jonathan Levine wrote two episodes of Rush, the pilot and "Don't Ask Me Why".
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Jonathan Levine produced the 2016 film Mike and Dave Need Wedding Dates, directed by Jake Szymanski and starring Zac Efron, Adam Devine, Anna Kendrick, and Aubrey Plaza.