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Jon Moritsugu (born February 15, 1965) is an American cult-underground filmmaker and musician. His movies are satiric, protopunk deconstructions of popular genres and formats with scabrous and pointedly garish results. [2]
Jon Moritsugu was born in Honolulu, Hawaii and graduated from Brown University in 1987. As a writer and director, he has created 7 features and numerous shorts, music videos, and commercials which have screened at MOMA, the Guggenheim, Whitney, Cannes, Sundance, Berlin, Rotterdam, and more.
Writer/director Jon Moritsugu, who has been making movies since 1985, has created a miasma of protopunk deconstructions of popular genres and formats with scabrous and pointedly garish results. The New York Times describes them as “funny, anarchic, provocative and exhilarating”.
Jul 24, 2021 · the radical films of Hawaiian-born filmmaker Jon Moritsugu, like the self-released 45’s of a great punk band that refused to sell out, lie scattered across servers and dusty shops in various editions (some reputable, some bootlegged), waiting for the right people to find them.
Jun 17, 2015 · Jon Moritsugu’s 57-minute film “Terminal USA,” which emerged from a PBS script competition and was actually widely shown on public TV in the days before congressional protests against...
SYNOPSIS. A scuzzy injection of “punk attitude” into the flabby, regimented process of corporate filmmaking, this 45-second short was funded by Levi Strauss. (No one was forced to wear Dockers on the set) REVIEWS. “Fast, short, pointed and furious” – Filmmaker.
Aug 29, 2023 · From MY DEGENERATION (a DIY answer to BENEATH THE VALLEY OF THE DOLLS) to TERMINAL USA (an ultra-90s teen-crime berserker that was funded by PBS), AGFA is honored to present sparkling new ...
