1. Jordan Charles Vogt-Roberts was born on September 22,1984 and is an American film director, film producer, screenwriter, and television director.
15 Facts About Jordan Vogt-Roberts
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In 2017, Vogt-Roberts directed the MonsterVerse film Kong: Skull Island.
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Jordan Vogt-Roberts's first directorial credit was a 2007 documentary, Twit: Robert Buscemi, Live at the Subterranean.
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Jordan Vogt-Roberts continued his career producing and directing episodes of two web series, Memoirs of a Manchild and Book Club, and directing most episodes of the web series Single Dads.
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Jordan Vogt-Roberts went on to direct Comedy Central's Mash Up, as well as episodes of Funny or Die Presents, MTV's Death Valley and FX's You're the Worst.
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Jordan Vogt-Roberts went on to direct Kong: Skull Island in 2017, which grossed over $565 million at the global box office.
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Jordan Vogt-Roberts is directing a film based on the Metal Gear series for Sony Pictures.
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In interviews, Jordan Vogt-Roberts repeatedly expressed his passion for video games, and recounted his meeting with Metal Gear creator Hideo Kojima to discuss the making of the film.
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Jordan Vogt-Roberts was to direct the pilot of The Walking Dead: World Beyond, but was replaced with Magnus Martens, who previously directed for Fear the Walking Dead.
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The change in directors was a result of the production going in a different direction; Jordan Vogt-Roberts still contributed to the first episode.
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Jordan Vogt-Roberts was born in the United States and grew up in the Greater Detroit area.
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Jordan Vogt-Roberts moved to Arizona at 14 but went back to Royal Oak, Michigan his senior year to graduate with his hometown friends.
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Jordan Vogt-Roberts graduated from Dondero High School in 2003 and later Columbia College Chicago in 2006.
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On September 11,2017, Jordan Vogt-Roberts was brutally attacked while living in Ho Chi Minh City.
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In 2017, pornographic entertainer Dana DeArmond accused Jordan Vogt-Roberts of kissing her without her consent at a drinks date he set up with her in 2010, a few months after they wrapped work on Mash Up.