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Jon's work combines: Film, Television, and Working with Others
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Day In The Life
Skills &
Education
Here's the path I took:
High School
Bachelor's Degree
Drama and Dramatics/Theatre Arts, General
Rollins College
Here's the path I recommend for someone who wants to be a Producers & Directors:
High School
Bachelor's Degree: Film/Cinema/Media Studies
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Life & Career Milestones
My path in life has been direct
1.
Graduated with a major in Theater.
2.
Moved to NY to be an actor.
3.
Quickly figured out that's a bad idea.
4.
But still wanted to work in entertainment.
5.
Got a job at William Morris; also a bad idea.
6.
Got a job as an assistant at SAG.
7.
Several years later moved to Los Angeles to work on the SAG Awards.
8.
And now I'm one of the producers of the show.
Defining Moments
How I responded to discouragement
THE NOISE
Messages from Myself:
I honestly never had a lot of resistance from family or friends. I wanted to move away to NY, I moved to NY. I wanted to move even further away to LA, I moved to LA. My family was supportive of my choices and really enabled me to succeed. I think about this every day. If there was any noise it was my own. I doubted myself. I had a lot of fear of failure (and still do sometimes) but I pushed through it each time. I'm still pushing.
How I responded:
Always do the harder thing. It's easy to do nothing. To not make a decision. To just keep doing what you're doing because you're scared of failing. If it's between the hard thing and the easy thing, do the hard thing. It's usually the right thing.
Experiences and challenges that shaped me
I was a really insecure kid. After high school I was kind of lost and searching. It took me a long time to figure myself out.